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Amy Hsin

Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York
Chapter Member: New York City SSN, New York State SSN
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About Amy

Hsin's research focuses on immigration, race/ethnicity, and higher education. She serves on the editorial board of Sociology of Education and is a founding member of Code Blue, a national grassroots organization working on electoral politics.

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Contributions

The Limited Effect of the U.S. Federal Government's "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" Program on Higher Education for Undocumented Youth

  • Francesc Ortega
Key Findings Brief,

No Jargon Podcast

Episode 121:
The American DREAM

In the News

Amy Hsin quoted on NYC contentious school integration plan by Eliza Shapiro, "‘Fire Carranza!’: Why Asian-Americans Are Targeting Schools Chief" , March 3, 2020.
Amy Hsin quoted by Kathleen Denny, Kei Nomaguchi and Melissa Milkie, "More Time isn’t Always Better for Your Kids" Washington Post, April 7, 2015.
Guest to discuss Asian-Americans are Successful, but No Thanks to Tiger Parenting on Tell Me More, NPR, Amy Hsin, May 12, 2014.
Amy Hsin quoted , "Revenge of the Tiger Mother" The Economist, May 5, 2014.
Amy Hsin quoted by Max Ehrenfreund, "Study Ties Hard Work to Asian Students’ Higher Grades. What’s Your Excuse?" Washington Post, March 4, 2014.

Publications

"The Higher Educational Trajectories of Undocumented Youth in New York City" (with Amy Hsin). Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47, no. 17 (2020): 3822-3845.

Draws upon the education and immigrant illegality literature, as well as longitudinal administrative data on 35,400 college students, we examine the association between students’ legal status and their educational achievement, or GPA – an important predictor of educational attainment. Finds that, despite high achievement in high school and upon first enrolling in college, undocumented students do not experience upward achievement over time, otherwise known in the education literature as educational progression. 

"The Violence of Asylum: The Case of Undocumented Chinese Migration to the US" (with Amy Hsin). Social Forces (2021).

Contributes to the literature on migrant illegality in sociology that is primarily based on the experiences of Latinx migrants by highlighting the continuities and unique features of legal violence experienced by undocumented Chinese.

"The Effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented Students," (with Frances Ortega), Institute of Labor Economics, 2017.

Estimates the effect of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the educational attainment of undocumented college students.

"When Does Time Matter? Maternal Employment, Children's Time with Parents, and Child Development" Demography 51, no. 5 (2014): 1867-1894.

 Tests the two assumptions underlying popularly held notions that maternal employment negatively affects children because it reduces time spent with parents: (1) that maternal employment reduces children's time with parents, and (2) that time with parents affects child outcomes. 

"Explaining Asian Americans’ Academic Advantage over Whites" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, no. 23 (2014): 8416-8421.

Examines the relative role of cognitive skills, work ethic and family SES in explaining Asian American achievement.