Faculty Bio: Vivian Louie

Title:
Professor
Room #:
1616HW
Phone:
(212) 772-4053
Personal:
Specialty
Areas:
Asian American Studies, Immigration,

Common Courses Taught

Asian American Studies, Immigration Policy, Education

Education

Ph.D. & M.A Sociology, Yale University
M.A. Communication, Stanford University
A.B. History & Literature, Harvard University

Biography

Vivian Louie is Professor of Urban Policy and Planning and was previously Director of the Asian American Studies Center and Program at Hunter College (2018-2024). Dr. Louie joined Hunter in 2018 from the William T. Grant Foundation, where she was a program officer. Prior to joining the faculty at Hunter, Prof. Louie taught at Harvard, where she was an associate professor in education, and lecturer in sociology.

Prof. Louie is a comparativist, with a focus on race and class, and currently studies Asian American civic participation and education. She also writes about the factors that shape success along the educational pipeline among immigrants and the children of immigrants and in the workplace.  Prof. Louie is the author or editor of three books, Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans (Stanford University Press), Keeping the Immigrant Bargain: The Costs and Rewards of Success in America (Russell Sage Foundation), and Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue (University of California Press) along with more than 30 academic reports, articles, book chapters, and scholarly commentaries.

Prof. Louie frequently comments on why we need Asian American Studies & Ethnic Studies not only in schools but across diverse settings. Prof. Louie was Lead Scholar on NYC’s first  curriculum on AAPI history and contemporary experiences, created by the NYC Department of Education, the Department of Social Studies & Civics, in June 2023. Her most recent co-authored publication about Asian Americans and educational research is featured in Race, Ethnicity, and Education. Prof. Louie’s research has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, All Things Considered, the Leonard Lopate Show, CBS and NBC and additional news outlets.

Prof. Louie received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from Yale University, M.A. in Communication from Stanford University, and A.B. in History and Literature from Harvard University. She serves on the Board of Youth Communication, and the Russell Sage Foundation, Advisory Committee for Race, Ethnicity and Immigration, and previously served on the NYS Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.