Phi H. Su

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Assistant Professor of Sociology

[email protected]
413-597-2633
Hollander Hall Rm 56

 

Hi there! I’m Phi Su (pronounced fee soo), and I use she/her pronouns.

I’m interested in people on the move and the understandings and convictions they carry with them across borders. My book, The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin (cover and trailer below), best captures my concern with how people rebuild their lives after war and border crossings.

I’ve done a bit of border crossing myself: born in Vietnam, I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley (“the 626”) and am a first-gen proud product of the California public education system. I’ve studied, taught, and lived in Berlin and Abu Dhabi. In Williamstown, I continue to find joy in singing, learning but never quite mastering languages, and describing food with perhaps a little too much zeal.

I look forward to conversations with folks about migration and mobility, inequality, intersectionality, and creative ways to hone a sociological imagination. Students who’d like to connect can feel free to schedule a conversation through my appointment calendar.

Education

B.A. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
M.A. University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Courses

SOC 101(F, S) LEC

Invitation to Sociology

SOC 252 / AMST 252 SEM

Im/mobilities (not offered 2023/24)

SOC 262 / GBST 262 / STS 262 SEM

Paper Trails (not offered 2023/24)

SOC 313 / AAS 312(S) SEM

The 626

SOC 335 / GBST 335(F) SEM

Nowheres

Scholarship/Creative Work

portrait of a subway station in Berlin, half of the frame in red and the other half in yellow, with the title "The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin"

For more on publications, see my abridged CV.

Current Committees

  • Asian American Studies Program Advisory Committee
  • Committee on Academic Standing