C. N. Le

Education and Interests

(Ph.D., SUNY Albany 2004)

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

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Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

• Le, C.N. Forthcoming. "Post-Vietnam War Tensions in the Vietnamese American Community" in Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today, edited by Edith Chen and Grace Yoo. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Publishing.
  
• Le, C.N. 2010. "Multiracial Asian Americans: Social Class, Demographic, and Cultural Characteristics” in Multiracial Americans and Social Class, 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. *Reviewed by Morrison Wong in Contemporary Sociology, September 2008, 37:5:457-459.
• Le, C.N. 2004. "Fleeing Dragon: The Refugee Experience From a Vietnamese Immigrant Family" in Minority Voices: Linking Personal Ethnic History with the Sociological Imagination, edited by John Rowan. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Recent Presentations

• Invited Speaker, "Lions, Tigers, and Dragons, Oh My!: An Introduction to Asian American History, Stereotypes, and Identities," Emerson College, MA, November 3, 2009.
  
• Invited Speaker, "Obstacles and Opportunities in Connecting Asian and Asian Americans in the 21st Century," Boston Asian American Students Intercollegiate Conference, Northeastern University, MA, October 10, 2009.
  
• Invited Speaker, "Meeting the Challenge of Globalization: Connecting Asia and Asian Americans in the 21st Century," Asian & Pacific Islander Employment Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, May 30, 2009.
• Invited Speaker, "History, Segregation, and Inclusion: The Meaning and Consequences of Ethnic Solidarity," Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, May 7, 2009.
• Invited Speaker, "Interracial Asian Adoption: Issues and Identity in 21st Century American Society," Bates College, Lewiston, ME, April 7, 2009.
  
• Le, C.N. "Teaching the Sociology of Asian Americans," panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2, 2008, in Boston, MA.
• Le, C.N. "Virtually Asian: The Social Construction of Identity Through Internet Media," presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, April 20, 2008 in Chicago, IL.

Recent Media Quotations

• Quoted in USA Today, "Cultural Factors Help Limit Recession’s Impact" article , written by Haya El Nasser, November 16, 2009.
  
• Quoted in The Hill, "Cutting Her Own Path" article, written by Kris Kitto, September 10, 2009.
  
• Quoted in Marie Claire magazine, "The New Trophy Wives: Asian Women" article, written by Ying Chu, August 2009.
  
• Quoted by The Associated Press, "Concern Over Focus on VT Shooter's Race" article, written by Dionne Walker, April 19, 2007.
• Quoted by The Associated Press, "Interracial Marriages Surge Across U.S." article, written by David Crary, April 13, 2007.
• Quoted in Footnotes: Monthly Newsletter of the American Sociological Association, "Portrait of the Sociologist as Blogger" article, written by LaVon Rice, February 2007.Funded Projects