Amy Hsin is professor of migration in the Keough School of Global Affairs and a core faculty affiliate of the Keough School's Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights. She has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2026.
A sociologist and social demographer, Hsin researches the intersection of immigration, race and ethnicity, education, and social inequality in the United States. Her work examines how structural forces – such as immigration policy, immigration status, racial stratification and economic inequality – shape educational outcomes, labor market trajectories and family life. Her forthcoming book, "Beyond Dreamers: School, Work, and Identity among Diverse Undocumented New Yorkers" (with Sofya Aptekar), challenges dominant narratives of undocumented life by highlighting the racial, national and class diversity of undocumented youth in New York City.
Hsin’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation and has been featured in media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times. Hsin has co-authored several amicus briefs defending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and birthright citizenship, and her work continues to inform public debates around immigration and education equity.
She is president-elect of the Asia and Asian America Section of the American Sociological Association and has previously served on the editorial boards of the American Sociological Review and International Migration Review.
Hsin holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a masters in economics from New York University.