Yen Le Espiritu

Yến Lê Espiritu is an American sociologist. She is the author of ''Home Bound: Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries''. Her research focuses on immigration and refugee studies, Southeast Asian Studies, transnationalism, Asian American Studies, and US Militarism. Originally from Vietnam, Espiritu is the Distinguished Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of California, San Diego. She is also a founding faculty of the Critical Refugee Studies Collective. Provided by Wikipedia