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Dr. Henry Chow

Dr. Henry Chow

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  • Professor
  • Professor and Graduate Program Co-ordinator, BA (Hon), MA, PhD (University of Toronto), Grad Cert BS (Ontario Theological Seminary), Dip CPC (Institute of Counselling, UK)

Research Interests

  • Criminology and Criminal Justice, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Race & Ethnic Relations, Social Gerontology, the Sociology of Education, the Sociology of Religion, and Survey Research Methods.

  • Office: CL 231
  • Email: Henry.Chow@uregina.ca
  • Phone: 306-585-5604
  • Fax: 306-585-4815

DR. HENRY CHOW is a Professor and Graduate Program Co-ordinator in the Department of Sociology and Social Studies. Professor Chow obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1997. He joined the University of Regina in 1999 as an assistant professor, having previously taught at Trent University in Ontario (1996) and the University of Calgary in Alberta (1997-99). In 2002, he was promoted to associate professor with tenure and became a full professor in 2010. From 1999-2011, he also served as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Calgary.

His primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of criminology and criminal justice, immigration and multiculturalism, race & ethnic relations, social gerontology, the sociology of education, the sociology of religion, and survey research methods. He has recently undertaken a province-wide survey of post-secondary students' attitudes toward immigration and perceptions of multiculturalism. His current projects include a survey of university students' views on prostitutes/prostitution and civic engagement/political participation in Regina and an edited book on the Chinese in western Canada.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Chow, H.P.H. (2011). Adolescent attitudes toward the police in a western Canadian city. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. (in press)
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2011). Elderly Chinese immigrants in a Canadian prairie city: Health care service needs and correlates of quality of life. Social Indicators Research. (in press)
  • Jurdi, R., Hage, S., & Chow, H.P.H. (2011). What behaviours do students consider academically dishonest? Findings from a survey of Canadian undergraduate students. Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal. (in press)
  • Jurdi, R., Hage, S., & Chow, H.P.H. (2011). Academic dishonesty in the Canadian classroom: Examination of the behaviours of a sample of university students in Regina. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. (in press)
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2011). Procrastination among undergraduate students: Effects of emotional intelligence, school life, self- efficacy, and self-evaluation. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 57(2): 234-240.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2010). Police-public relations: Perceptions of the police among university students in a western Canadian city. International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory. 3(2): 496-511.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2010). Growing old in Canada: Physical and psychological well-being among elderly Chinese immigrants. Ethnicity and Health. 15(1): 61-72.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2010). Factors contributing to the subjective well-being of undergraduate students in a Canadian prairie city. Prairie Forum. 35(1): 103-117.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2010). Predicting academic success and psychological wellness in a sample of Canadian undergraduate students. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology. (Spain). 8(2): 473-496.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2008). The determinants of life satisfaction: High school students in Regina. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 54(4): 477-481.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2007). Psychological well-being and scholastic achievement among university students in a Canadian prairie city. Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal. 10: 483-493.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2007). Sense of belonging and life satisfaction among Hong Kong adolescent immigrants in Canada. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 33(3): 511-520.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2006). Vietnamese-Canadian university students in Regina: Socio-cultural and educational adaptation. Canadian Ethnic Studies. XXXVIII (2): 104-112.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2005). Life satisfaction among university students in a Canadian prairie city: A multivariate analysis. Social Indicators Research. 70: 139-150.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2005). Assessing the determinants of life satisfaction in a Canadian university student sample. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 51 (1): 85-91.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2004). The effects of ethnic capital and family background on school performance: A case study of the Chinese-Canadian adolescents in Calgary. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 50 (3): 320-325.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2003). Exploring the predictors of educational experience and academic performance among university students in Regina. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. XLIX (1): 102-106.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2002). Police-community relations: Chinese attitudes toward the police in Toronto. Canadian Ethnic Studies. XXXIV (2): 90-101.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2001). Learning the Chinese language in a multicultural milieu: Factors affecting Chinese-Canadian adolescents' ethnic language school experience. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. XLVII (4): 369-374.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2001). English language Use among Chinese adolescent immigrants. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. XLVII (2): 191-195.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (2000). The determinants of academic performance: Hong Kong immigrant students in Canadian schools. Canadian Ethnic Studies. XXXII (3): 105-110.
  • Chow, H.P.H. (1996). The Chinese community leaders' perceptions of the criminal justice system. Canadian Journal of Criminology. 38 (4): 477 484.