UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
About
Professor of
Sociology & Asian American Studies
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Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications
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Director, Asia Pacific Center
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Founding chair of Asian American Studies Department (2001-2005) at UCLA
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Dr. Min Zhou is Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications, and the founding chair of Asian American Studies Department (2001-2005) at UCLA. Her main research interests include migration and development, ethnic and racial relations, immigrant entrepreneurship, education and the new second generation, the sociology of Asia and Asian America, and urban sociology.
Education
May 1989
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology,
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
May 1988
Certificate of Graduate Study in Urban Policy,
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
December 1985
Master of Arts in Sociology,
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
January 1982
Bachelor of Arts in English,
Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, China
Professional Career
July 2000 to Present
Professor, Department of Sociology
Professor, Asian American Studies Department
UCLA
November 2016 to Present
Director, Asia Pacific Center, International Institute
UCLA
July 2013 to June 2016 (on leave from UCLA)
Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor
Head of Sociology Division, School of Social Sciences Director, Chinese Heritage Centre
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
September 2005 to June 2006
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study
in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
July 2001 to June 2005
Founding Chair, Asian American Studies Department (Chair, Asian American Studies Interdepartmental Degree Program, July 2001 to August 2004), UCLA
September 2000 to June 2001
Visiting Scholar, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education,
Washington D.C.
July 1994 to June 2000
Assistant to Associate Professor,
Department of Sociology & Asian American Studies Interdepartmental Degree Program, UCLA
September 1994 to July 1995
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York
August 1990 to August 1994
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Address
Department of Sociology, UCLA
264 Haines Hall, 375 Portola Plaza,
Box 951551, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551
Phone: (310) 825-3532 | Fax: (310) 206-9838
Research
Dr. Min Zhou's main research interests include migration & development, ethnic and racial relations, immigrant entrepreneurship, education and the new second generation, the sociology of Asia & Asian America, and
urban sociology.
Published Books
Dr. Min Zhou is the author of
Chinatown (1992), The Transformation
of Chinese America (2006 in Chinese),
Contemporary Chinese America (2009); The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies (2011); co-author of Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States (1998), The Asian American Achievement Paradox (2015), and The Rise of the New Second Generation (2016); editor of Contemporary Chinese Diasporas (2017), and Forever Strangers? Contemporary Chinese Immigrants around the World (2021); co-editor of Contemporary Asian America (2000, 2nd ed. 2007, 3rd ed. 2016), and Asian American Youth (2004).
Awards
Chinatown: The Socioeconomic Potential of an Urban Enclave
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Honorable Mention of the 1993 Robert E. Park Award, Community of Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Growing up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States (with Bankston)
- Winner of the 1999 Thomas and Znaniecki Award, Section on International Migration of the American Sociological Association
- Winner of 2000 Best Book Award, the Mid-South Sociological Association
Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity (with Lee)
- Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Book Award, Section on Asia & Asian America of the American Sociological Association
Recipient of the 2007 Chiyoko Doris’34 & Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies, UCLA
The Asian American Achievement Paradox (2015, co-authored with Lee)
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Winner of the 2016 Outstanding Book Award on Asian America, Section on Asia & Asian America of the American Sociological Association
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Winner of the 2016 Thomas and Znaniecki Award, Section on International Migration of the American Sociological Association
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Winner of the 2016 Pierre Bourdieu Outstanding Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
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Winner of the 2017 Award for Best Book in the Social Sciences, Association for Asian American Studies
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Recipient of Honorable Mention for the 2018 Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association
Recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Career Award, Section on International Migration of the American Sociological Association
Recipient of the 2020 Contributions to the Field Award, Section on Asia & Asian America of the American Sociological Association