Tribute to Dr. Min Zhou with Appreciation to Walter & Shirley Wang

Join us to celebrate Professor Min Zhou’s 15 years of service as the Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in US-China Relations and Communications (2009-2024), as well as her recent induction into The American Academy of Arts and Sciences and The National Academy of Sciences.

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is thrilled to honor Professor Min Zhou for her amazing accomplishments as the Walter and Shirley Wang Chair. We also recognize Walter and Shirley Wang for establishing the Chair and advancing research on US-China relations.

Program Tributes by

• David Yoo (Vice Provost of the Institute of American Cultures)
• Cindy Fan (Vice Provost of International Studies and Global Engagement)
• Keith Camacho (Asian American Studies Department Chair)
• Purnima Mankekar (AASC Faculty Advisory Committee Chair)
• Anthony Christian Ocampo (CSPU Pomona Professor and Former Student)
• King-Kok Cheung (Professor, English Department) & Weng Kee Wong(Professor, Biostatistics Department)

Accompanied by musical performances, dinner and reception.

This event is hosted by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA Asia Pacific Center, and co-sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Department and Sociology Department.

Dr. Min Zhou is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications, and the founding chair of Asian American Studies Department (2001-2005) at UCLA. She is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her main research interests include migration and development, ethnic and racial relations, immigrant entrepreneurship, education and the new second generation, the sociology of Asia and Asian America, and urban sociology.

Min Zhou joined UCLA in 1994 with a joint appointment in Sociology and Asian American Studies. Known nationally and internationally for her scholarship, Zhou has published 20 books and more than 200 journal articles and book chapters.

Among her other books is her fascinating memoir, published by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press in 2011, “The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies,” which traces her upbringing in China and career journey in the United States.

Her recent publications include an edited volume with a former doctoral student, Hasan Mahmud: “Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical and Political Factors in U.S. Immigration” (NYU, 2023). Her co-authored book, “The Asian American Achievement Paradox” (Russell Sage Foundation, 2015; with Lee), has won numerous ASA book awards. She was the recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Career Award of the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on International Migration and the 2020 Contribution to the Field Award of the ASA Section on Asia and Asian America.