One of the nation’s leading immigration and Asian American historians, Erika Lee teaches American history at the University of Minnesota, where she is a Regents Professor and Director of the Immigration History Research Center.  The granddaughter of Chinese immigrants, she was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and serves as President-Elect of the Organization of American Historians.  Dr. Lee is the author of four award-winning books, including The Making of Asian America: A History.  A new version with a postscript about anti-Asian racism and Asian American activism during the pandemic will be published in 2021.