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Nguyen earned tenure in 2012 at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mimithinguyen.com/resume|accessdate=27 March 2014|title=MIMI THI NGUYEN, Associate Professor Gender & Women’s Studies, Asian American Studies, Unit for Criticism}}</ref> She is a frequent conference keynote speaker or invited panelist,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mimithinguyen.com/resume|accessdate=27 March 2014|title=MIMI THI NGUYEN, Associate Professor Gender & Women’s Studies, Asian American Studies, Unit for Criticism}}</ref> and received the Outstanding Book Award in Cultural Studies from the Association of Asian American Studies, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://illinois.edu/lb/article/5198/82516|accessdate=27 March 2014|title=GWS Professor Mimi Thi Nguyen awarded by the Association of Asian American Studies|publisher=University of Illinois}}</ref> for her first single-author monograph, ''The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt and Other Refugee Passages.''
Nguyen earned tenure in 2012 at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mimithinguyen.com/resume|accessdate=27 March 2014|title=MIMI THI NGUYEN, Associate Professor Gender & Women’s Studies, Asian American Studies, Unit for Criticism}}</ref> She is a frequent conference keynote speaker or invited panelist,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mimithinguyen.com/resume|accessdate=27 March 2014|title=MIMI THI NGUYEN, Associate Professor Gender & Women’s Studies, Asian American Studies, Unit for Criticism}}</ref> and received the Outstanding Book Award in Cultural Studies from the Association of Asian American Studies, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://illinois.edu/lb/article/5198/82516|accessdate=27 March 2014|title=GWS Professor Mimi Thi Nguyen awarded by the Association of Asian American Studies|publisher=University of Illinois}}</ref> for her first single-author monograph, ''The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt and Other Refugee Passages.''


Nguyen is possibly best known for her compilation zine, ''Evolution of a Race Riot'', first published in 1997 with a second issue in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/evolution-of-a-race-riot/oclc/56773549&referer=brief_results|accessdate=29 March 2014|title=Evolution of a race riot|publisher=OCLC}}</ref> in which she and contributors of color challenged racism in the punk scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zinewiki.com/Evolution_of_a_Race_Riot|accessdate=29 March 2014|title=Evolution of a Race Riot|publisher=ZineWiki}}</ref> She also publishes the zine, ''Slander'', and is a former [[Punk Planet]] columnist and [[Maximumrocknroll]] contributor.
Nguyen is possibly best known for her compilation zine, ''Evolution of a Race Riot'', first published in 1997 with a second issue in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/evolution-of-a-race-riot/oclc/56773549&referer=brief_results|accessdate=29 March 2014|title=Evolution of a race riot|publisher=OCLC}}</ref> in which she and contributors of color challenged racism in the punk scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zinewiki.com/Evolution_of_a_Race_Riot|accessdate=29 March 2014|title=Evolution of a Race Riot|publisher=ZineWiki}}</ref> She also publishes the zine, ''Slander'', and is a former [[Punk Planet]] columnist and [[Maximumrocknroll]] contributor. In June 2013, Sarah McCarry's Guillotine ("a series of erratically published chapbooks focused on revolutionary non-fiction") released PUNK, a conversation between Nguyen and Golnar Nikpour.


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==

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Mimi Thi Nguyen
BornHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
OccupationProfessor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley

Mimi Thi Nguyen (née Thanh-Huong Thi Nguyen; born in 1974) is a Vietnamese-born American scholar,[1] punk[2] and zine author.[3]

Biography

Born in 1974 in Ho Chi Minh City to Hiep and Lien Nguyen, Nguyen earned a bachelor's degree in Women's Studies and a doctorate in Ethnic Studies from University of California, Berkeley. Her master's degree was in American Studies from New York University.[4]

Nguyen earned tenure in 2012 at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[5] She is a frequent conference keynote speaker or invited panelist,[6] and received the Outstanding Book Award in Cultural Studies from the Association of Asian American Studies, 2014[7] for her first single-author monograph, The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt and Other Refugee Passages.

Nguyen is possibly best known for her compilation zine, Evolution of a Race Riot, first published in 1997 with a second issue in 2002,[8] in which she and contributors of color challenged racism in the punk scene.[9] She also publishes the zine, Slander, and is a former Punk Planet columnist and Maximumrocknroll contributor. In June 2013, Sarah McCarry's Guillotine ("a series of erratically published chapbooks focused on revolutionary non-fiction") released PUNK, a conversation between Nguyen and Golnar Nikpour.

Selected works

Books

  • Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America, edited with Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu[10]
  • The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages[11]

Zines

References

  1. ^ "Mimi Thi Nguyen". University of Illinois. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ "about thread & circuits". Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Mimi Thi Nguyen". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  4. ^ "MIMI THI NGUYEN, Associate Professor Gender & Women's Studies, Asian American Studies, Unit for Criticism". Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  5. ^ "MIMI THI NGUYEN, Associate Professor Gender & Women's Studies, Asian American Studies, Unit for Criticism". Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  6. ^ "MIMI THI NGUYEN, Associate Professor Gender & Women's Studies, Asian American Studies, Unit for Criticism". Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  7. ^ "GWS Professor Mimi Thi Nguyen awarded by the Association of Asian American Studies". University of Illinois. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Evolution of a race riot". OCLC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Evolution of a Race Riot". ZineWiki. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America". Duke University Press. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  11. ^ "The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages". Duke University Press. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Aim Your Dick". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Evolution of a Race Riot". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  14. ^ "Guillotine Series #4: Punk". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  15. ^ "Race Riot". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  16. ^ "Race Riot Project Directory". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  17. ^ "Slander". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  18. ^ "Slant". OCLC. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

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