CSER Professor Jennifer Lee was inducted on February 23, 2020 as the 91st President of the
Eastern Sociological Society (ESS).  As President of one of the largest regional sociological societies in the world, Prof. Lee will design the 2021 ESS Annual Conference, which will be hosted in New York City.

CSER Co-Director Mae Ngai was awarded the Russell Sage Foundation Fellowship for 2020-2021. She also delivered the Cheng Centennial Lecture at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, on January 22.

Many immigrant communities, wary of the government’s interest in their information, tend to avoid the US Census. The Guardian quoted CSER Professor Liz OuYang on her important work as a census expert in NYC. Read more here.