Dr. Louie launches a new research project on shifting international student identities in the context of post-industrial Michigan, building on her previous body of work examining Chineseness in the context of transnational migration, globalization, and government projects of inclusion and exclusion in both China and the U.S. As an undergraduate, Dr. Louie majored in History and Anthropology at Bowdoin College, taking her first anthropology course with an inspirational visiting professor named Harald Prins, who encouraged her to explore her burgeoning interest in Chinese American identity in his course on Native Americans. He also encouraged Dr. Louie to apply to graduate school at U.C.…

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