Journal Articles
Budnick, Jamie, Christina Pao, and Kristopher Velasco. 2025. “Queer Data for Sociologists of Sexualities: Introducing SOGIESC Measurement & Methods During Political Suppression.” Sex & Sexualities 1(1). [LINK]
Pao, Christina, Christopher A. Julian, D’Lane Compton, Danya Lagos, and Lawrence Stacey. 2025. “Demographic Differences in Responses to a Two-Step Gender Identity Measure.” Sociological Science 12:277–93. [LINK] | [REP FILES]
Pao, Christina, Katie Donnelly Moran, D′Lane Compton, Gayle Kaufman, and Julie A. Dowling. 2025. “The Case for ‘Other’: Measuring Gender and Sexual Identity in Survey Research.” Sociology Compass 19(1). [LINK]
Starr, Paul, and Christina Pao. 2024. “The Multiracial Complication: The 2020 Census and the Fictitious Multiracial Boom.” Sociological Science 11:1107–23. [LINK] | [REP FILES]
Wong, Jaclyn S., Lauren Valentino, Christina Pao, Katie Donnelly Moran, D’Lane Compton, and Gayle Kaufman. 2024. “What to Do with ‘Other, Describe.’” Sociological Methodology. [LINK]
Rajan, Akhil, and Christina Pao. 2022. “Who Has Room for Error? The Effects of Political Scandal for Minority Candidates.” Electoral Studies 77:102460. [LINK]
Zang, Emma, Anna Guo, Christina Pao, Nancy Lu, Bei Wu, and Terri R. Fried. 2022. “Trajectories of General Health Status and Depressive Symptoms Among Persons With Cognitive Impairment in the United States.” Journal of Aging and Health 34(4–5):720–35. [LINK]
Zang, Emma, Jessica West, Nathan Kim, and Christina Pao. 2021. “U.S. Regional Differences in Physical Distancing: Evaluating Racial and Socioeconomic Divides during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” PLOS ONE 16(11). [LINK]
Book Chapters
Pao, Christina, and Nate Roundy. 2025. “An Introduction to Masculinity and Political Attitudes.” in Masculinity in American Politics, edited by M. L. McDermott and D. Cassino. New York University Press. [LINK]
Pao, Christina, and Akhil Rajan. 2023. “Same Qualifications, Different Identities: Evaluating Voter Perceptions by Candidate Sexuality, Race, and Gender.” in Distinct Identities: Minority Women in U.S. Politics, edited by N. E. Brown and S. A. Gershon. Taylor & Francis. [LINK]
Research Notes and Data Visualizations
Pai, Dashram, Yan Zhen Zhu, and Christina Pao. 2024. “Within-Respondent Alignment between Single-Choice and Mark-All-That-Apply Survey Measures for Sexual Identity.” Socius. [LINK]
Pao, Christina. 2023. “Masculinity and Femininity by Racial Identification: Racialized Differences in Responses to Self-Rated Gender Scales for Cisgender Men and Women.” Socius. [LINK]
Edited Volume
Podcast
Migration Oxford Podcast: “Who Counts? Data and Migration” (2022). Hosts: Rob McNeil and Jacqui Broadhead. Guests: Emre Korkmaz and Christina Pao. (Listen here)