C.N. Le

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Albany SUNY, 2004

Research Areas

Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Asian American Studies, Structural and Socioeconomic Measures of Assimilation, Interracial Marriage, Immigrant Self-Employment

Courses Taught

• The Asian American Experience (Sociology 240)
• Sociology of Immigration (Sociology 244)
• Asian Americans in Media and Popular Culture (Sociology 326)
• Globalization and Inequality (Sociology 262)
• Race, Gender, Class, & Ethnicity (Sociology 106)
• Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 110)
• Demography of Minority Groups (Sociology 361)
• Bridging Asia & Asian America (Asian Studies 312)

Selected Publications

Le, C.N. (Forthcoming). “Traditional Characteristics and New Dimensions: Vietnamese American Self-Employment in the 21st Century,” in The Vietnamese Diaspora in a Transnational Context: Contested Spaces, Contested Narratives, edited by Anna Vu and Vic Satzewich. Brill.

Le, C.N. 2020. “Glimpses into the Future: Interracial and Interethnic Marriage,” in Asian Pacific American Experiences: Past, Present, and Future (2nd ed.), edited by Eunai Kim Shrake, Teresa Williams Leon, and Edith Wen-Chu Chen. Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Le, C.N. and Miliann Kang. 2019. “Crazy Rich Asians” (Book Review), Sociological Forum, 34:2:524-528.

Le, C.N. 2018. "East to West, and Back Again: A Personal and Academic Journey" in Voices of Asian Americans in Higher Education: Unheard Stories, edited by Festus E. Obiakor and Ying Hui-Michael. Information Age Publishing.

Le, C.N. 2017. “Building Cultural Bridges and Supporting Prospective Asian Students at U.S. Universities” in Understanding International Students from Asia in American Universities: Living and Learning Globalization, edited by Yingyi Ma and Martha A. Garcia-Murrilo. Springer Publishing.

Le, C.N. 2016. “Pew Report on Asian Americans: A Cautionary Tale” in Major Problems in Asian American History, 2nd Edition, edited by Lon Kurashige and Alice Yang. Cenage Publishing.

Le, C.N. 2015. “The Homogenization of Asian Beauty” in The Society Pages: Getting Culture, edited by Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Le, C.N. 2014. “Bridging the Campus and the Community: Blogging About the Asian American Experience” in Sociologists in Action on Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, edited by Shelley K. White, Jonathan M. White, and Kathleen Odell Korgen. Sage Publications.

Le, C.N. 2012. “New Dimensions of Asian American Self-Employment in Los Angeles and New York.” Asian American & Pacific Islander Nexus 10:2:55-76.

Le, C.N. 2010. “Multiracial Asian Americans: Social Class, Demographic, and Cultural Characteristics” in Multiracial Americans and Social Class: The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity, edited by Kathleen Korgen. New York: Routledge.

Le, C.N. 2009. “‘Better Dead Than Red’: Anti-Communist Politics Among Vietnamese Americans” in Anti-Communist Minorities in the US: The Political Activism of Ethnic Refugees, edited by Ieva Zake. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.

Le, C.N. 2007. Asian American Assimilation: Ethnicity, Immigration, and Socioeconomic Attainment. New York, NY: LFB Scholarly Publishing.