2013-2014 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor

By

Vivian Louie
Hunter College/CUNY
Department of Urban Affairs and Planning

Fall 2013
Course: Social Contexts of Education
Course Syllabus: PDF

What is the relationship between schools and society? How can schools respond to society’s transformations, for example, labor market and demographic shifts, and address educational inequality? There have been major transformations in the school populations in the United States, especially in the cities.  These changes have led to an increased emphasis on addressing racial, ethnic, linguistic and social class gaps in educational outcomes. The class examines the different ways researchers and educators have understood the reasons for such gaps and how these understandings have informed educational policies and how teachers and administrators work. We know that a trained and educated citizenry is critical to urban quality of life.  The class will emphasize how the goal of educating citizens is being achieved.

AAARI Friday Evening Lecture Series (December 13, 2013)
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The CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor will perform teaching, research, and guidance duties in area(s) of expertise as noted below; and share responsibility for committee and department assignments, performing administrative, supervisory, and other functions as assigned.

The Tam Visiting Professor will be based at one of the four CUNY campuses participating in the search, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Queens College or the Graduate Center. He or she will teach one class a semester at that campus and will engage with students and faculty members during the appointment. The Tam Visiting Professor will participate in public events designed to raise the visibility of scholarship in Asian American studies. This will include working closely with the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI).

This distinctive position presents an opportunity for a leading scholar to work in New York City’s diverse and dynamic environment while also working with AAARI and CUNY faculty to develop and enrich the CUNY research agenda in Asian American studies. Visiting faculty are individuals with a primary commitment to another accredited college or university who possess advanced scholarship or professional achievement.

Author Bio

Vivian Louieis Professor of Urban Policy and Planning and Director of the Asian American Studies Program and Center at Hunter College/CUNY. Dr. Louie served as the CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at Hunter from 2013-2014. She was previously an associate and assistant professor, and postdoctoral fellow in education, as well as lecturer in sociology at Harvard University, and a program officer at the William T. Grant Foundation.

Dr. Louie’s research has focused on understanding the factors that shape success along the educational pipeline among immigrants and the children of immigrants. She is the author of two books, Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans (Stanford University Press, 2014) and Keeping the Immigrant Bargain: The Costs and Rewards of Success in America (Russell Sage Foundation, 2012). She is co-editor of and contributor to a third book, Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue (University of California Press, 2011).