Profile

Amy Hsin is at the intersection of education, immigration, and inequality, where employ quantitative and qualitative methods to study these topics. Her current research includes :

1. a mixed-method project analyzing the immigration experiences of a racially diverse sample of undocumented youth in NYC,
2.  a big data project using spatial analysis to understand how aggressive policing practices produce inequalities by race and immigration status, and
3. race-making among immigrant groups conservative and right-wing spaces.

Amy has a longstanding interest in understanding the causes and consequences of Asian American academic achievement. Her work on the gender gap in achievement among Asian Americans was featured in The Upshot in the New York Times. Her research has been published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Demography, Social Forces, International Migration Review, and other venues and has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Economist, TIME, and NPR. The National Science Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Russell Sage Foundation have supported my work. Amy is an associated editor of the International Migration Review and on the American Sociological Review editorial board. She was included in the City and States' 100 Education Power List in 2021.