Bianca Mabute-Louie

award-winning sociologist, speaker, author

Book cover for UNASSIMILABLE: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the 21st Century by Bianca Mabute-Louie

Bianca is completing her PhD at Rice University, where she researches the intersections of race, religion, and politics. She is published in top academic journals, including Social Forces, Socius, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, as well as in public outlets like Elle Magazine. Bianca has been featured in CNN, TIME, ABC, LA Times, among other outlets.

Over the last decade, Bianca has served Asian American community organizations and taught Asian American Studies. Through her work in academia and the community, Bianca is committed to the praxis of solidarity and collective liberation.

“With searing ethos and rigorous logos, Bianca Mabute-Louie’s UNASSIMILABLE upends our notions of what it means to be an immigrant, a citizen, and a comrade; and charts a provocatively compelling path forward for Asians in America.”

—Jose Antonio Vargas, Pullitzer-Prize winning journalist and author of Dear America

“Mabute-Louie is a one-of-a-kind visionary who will lead us to a bold new frontier for Asian America.”

—Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country