The Japanese American Network


Assimilation / Model Minority



Japanese Americans


1. Akiyama, Julie S. Acculturational Trend among Third and Fourth Generation Japanese Americans. Diss. Diss. : Saint Louis University, 1988.

2. Atkinson, D. R., and Y. J. Matsushita. "Japanese-American Acculturation, Counseling Style, Counselor Ethnicity, and Perceived Counselor Credibility." Journal of Counseling Psychology 38.473-478 (Oct. 1991).

3. Fujita, Stephen S. "Structural Assimilation, Ethnic Group Membership and Political Participation among Japanese Americans: A Research Note." Social Forces 64, no. 4 (June 1985): 986-995.

4. Iino, Masako. "Japanese Americans in Contemporary American Society: a 'Success Story'?" Japanese Journal of American Studies 3 (1989): 563-576.

5. Kawaguchi, Lorraine Megumi. Acculturation and Attributions for Performance Outcomes of Japanese, Japanese Americans and Caucasian American Students. Ph.D. diss., University Southern California, 1985.

6. Muro, Mariko. Acquiring the American Way of Learning: The Cultural and Intellectual Assimilation of Japanese Children into an American Elementary School. Diss. Diss. : Stanford University, 1988.

7. Padilla, Amado M., Yuria Wagatsuma, and Kathryn J. Lindholm. "Acculturation and Personality as Predictors of Stress in Japanese and Japanese-American." Journal of Social Psychology 125, no. 3 (June 1985): 295-305.

8. Shimasaki, Kana. "The Characteristics and Problems of Japanese Newcomers." Yellow Journal 2:2 (Spring 1988): 7-11.

9. Shoho, Alan Russell. Americanization through Public Education of Japanese Americans in Hawaii: 1930-1941. Diss. Ph.D. dissertation. : Arizona State University, 1990.

10. Tamura, Eileen H. The Americanization Campaign and the Assimilation of the Nisei in Hawaii. Diss. Ph.D. dissertation. : University of Hawaii, 1990.




Asian Americans


1. Ahn Toupin, E. S. W., and L. Son. "Preliminary Findings on Asian Americans: 'The Model Minority' in a Small Private East Coast College." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 22.3 (1991): 403-417.

2. Atkinson, D. R., et al. "Asian-American Acculturation and Preferences for Help Providers." Journal of College Student Development 31 (Mar. 1990): 155-61.

3. Bell, D.A. "An American Success Story: The Triumph of Asian Americans." Current 277 (November 1985): 33-39.

4. Bello, Madge. "Have Asians Really Made It?: The Myth of the Model Minority." Ang Katipunan 11, no. 11 (November 1985): 10-11+.

5. Borjas, George J. "Assimilation, Changes in Cohort Quality, and the Earnings of Immigrants." Journal of Labor Economics 3, no. 4 (October 1985): 463-488.

6. Burr, J.A., Mutchler, J.E. "Nativity, Acculturation, and Economic Status: Explanations of Asian American Living Arrangements in Later Life." Journal of Gerontology 48:2 (Mar. 1993): S55-63.

7. Hirschman, Charles and Morrison G. Wong. "The Extraordinary Attainment of Asian-Americans: A Search for Historical Evidence and Explanations." Social Forces 65:1 (September 1986):1-27.

8. Hurh, Won Moo, and Kwang Chung Kim. "The 'Success' Image of Asians Americans: Its Validity and Its Practical and Theoretical Implications." Ethnic and Racial Studies 12.4 (Oct. 1989): 512-38.

9. Miller, S.K. "Asian-Americans Bump Against the Glass Ceilings." Science (13 Nov. 1992): 1224-5, 1228.

10. Nee, Victor and Jimy Sanders. "The Road to Parity: Determinants of the Socioeconomic Achievements of Asian Americans." Ethnic and Racial Studies 8, no. 1 (January 1985): 75-93.

11. Nee, Victor and Herbert Y. Wong. "Asian American Socioeconomic Achievement: The Strength of the Family Bond." Sociological Perspective 28, no. 3 (July 1985): 281-306.

12. Poston, Dudley L. "The Socioeconomic Attainment Patterns of Asian Americans." National Taiwan University Journal of Sociology 19 (May 1988): 213-37.

13. Sue, Stanley, Nolan W.S. Zane, and Derald Sue with collaboration of Herbert Wong. "Where are the Asian American Leaders and Top Executives?" P/AAMHRC Research Review 4, (January-April 1985): 13-15.

14. Yun, Grace, ed. A Look Beyond the Model Minority Image. New York: Minority Rights Group, Asian and Pacific American Project, 1989.



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