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Viet Thanh Nguyen

Pulitzer-Prize winning expert in Asian-American literature and culture, race and ethnicity in the U.S., refugees
  • Professor of English, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Professor of American studies and ethnicity, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Aerol Arnold Chair of English
Office: (213) 764-2592
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Expertise

  • Asian American literature and culture
  • race and ethnicity in U.S. culture
  • film studies -- issues of race, gender and ethnicity in American cinema

Additional Information

  • Author of Reading for Resistance: On the Limits of Asian America (2002)