Wei Li received her Ph.D. in geography at the University of Southern California. She is a Professor at the Asian Pacific American Studies / School of Social Transformation, and School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning in the Arizona State University, USA. Her foci of research are migration and integration, and transnational connections, focusing on the Indo-Pacific Region. She was Vice Chair (2004-2010) & the Chair (2010-2012) of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Race and Ethnic Advisory Committees (REAC) on the Asian Population; a member of the International Steering Committee for the International Metropolis Project since 2008; & a National Councilor of the American Association of Geographers (2019-2022).

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