Originally from Việt Nam, Yến Lê Espiritu is Distinguished Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of California, San Diego. An award-winning author, she has published extensively on Asian American panethnicity, gender and migration, and U.S. colonialism and wars in Asia. Her most recent book, Body Counts: The Vietnam War and Militarized Refuge(es) (UC Press, 2014) […]

“I earned my PhD in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Over the past six decades, UC Berkeley’s Department of Sociology has consistently ranked among the sociology departments in the world. Currently, I am a Full Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis. I am one of only a small handful […]

Nan Lin‘s main research interests are social networks and social capital, the life stress process (especially social support as resources), social stratification and mobility, and Chinese societies. Current Appointments & Affiliations Oscar L. Tang Family Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 Education, […]

Michael Omi is the co-author of Racial Formation in the United States, a groundbreaking work that transformed how we understand the social and historical forces that give race its changing meaning over time and place.  The 3rd edition of the book was released in 2015. Since 1995, he has been the co-editor of the book series […]

Dr. Unnithan is a Professor of Sociology at CSU. He was born and brought up in Malaysia, completed Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Criminology and Forensic Science in India and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  He has been a faculty member at Colorado State University since 1987.  In 2019, the […]

Dr. Lisa Sun-Hee Park is Professor and Chair of the Asian American Studies Department at University of California, Santa Barbara. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the politics of migration, race, and social policy. Her work examines the ways in which immigrants and communities of color are not only excluded from the rights and protections of […]

Kimberly Kay Hoang is an Associate Professor of Sociology and the College and the Director of Global Studies at the University of Chicago. She is an award winning scholar, author, and teacher. She received the 2020 Lewis A Coser Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Sociological Theory— a mid-career award for Theoretical Agenda […]