Mae Ngai
Mae Ngai | |||||||||||
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Ngai speaking in 2012 | |||||||||||
| Born | New York City, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||
| Education | Empire State College (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Historian; author; professor | ||||||||||
| Notable work | Impossible Subjects (2004) | ||||||||||
| Awards | Bancroft Prize, 2022 Frederick Jackson Turner Award | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 艾明如 | ||||||||||
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Mae Ngai (Chinese: 艾明如) is an American historian who is the Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University. Her work focuses on nationalism, citizenship, ethnicity, immigration, and race in 20th-century United States history.