Diana Pan

Diana Pan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College/CUNY. Dr. Pan’s research interests intersect race/ethnicity, immigrant adaptation, culture, and professions. She is currently working on two separate, yet intertwined projects, examining inequality, writ large. One project looks at race and racism within the professions, and another interrogates the culture and processes of recovery for drug addicts.

Incidental Racialization: Performative Assimilation in Law School

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Despite the growing number of Asian American and Latino/a law students, many panethnic students still feel as if they do not belong in this elite microcosm, which reflects the racial inequalities in mainstream American society. While in law school, these students—often from immigrant families, and often the first to go to college—have to fight against … Read more