Bianca Mabute-Louie, PhD

sociologist & author

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

Bianca Mabute-Louie, PhD is a sociologist researching social movements, race, immigration, religion, and politics. She is published in top academic journals, including Social Forces, Socius, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Sociology of Religion, as well as in public outlets like LA Times and Elle Magazine. 

Mabute-Louie’s book, UNASSIMILABLE: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the 21st Century was featured in NPR’s Book of the Day, NPR All Things Considered, KQED, Book Riot, and Ms Magazine’s Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025.

“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, Pulitzer-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

“The most impressive work at the nexus of scholarship, story, and activism I have ever read.”

—Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund, author of Korean American Evangelicals and Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us Beyond Fear