Erika Lee

Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History and Director, Immigration History Research Center

University of Minnesota

Erika Lee is the author of award-winning books in U.S. immigration history The Making of Asian America: A History, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America and At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration During the Exculsion Era, 1882-1943, as well as several articles and book chapters related to immigration and Asian American history. In 2015, she received the Immigrant Heritage Award from the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. Her book, The Making of Asian America: A History will be published by Simon and Schuster in September, 2015.

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