{"id":14494,"date":"2023-08-17T17:32:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T00:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/?page_id=14494"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:15:26","slug":"thai-v-le","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/about\/thai-v-le\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai V. Le"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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As a mixed-methods researcher, Dr. Thai V. Le utilizes statistical models, ethnographic practices, and spatial tools to study a range of issues, including naturalization, regressive and discriminatory local financing practices, the digital divide, emotional justice, and burnout among public sector workers. In uplifting social equity and intersectionality, his research also disaggregates data to elevate the narratives of marginalized and minoritized communities. At ERI, Dr. Le has worked on a range of projects, including\u00a0Asian American Immigrant Inclusion in California: Citizenship, Community, and Policy<\/a>,\u00a0Naturalize Now: Economic Equity and the Path to Naturalization<\/a>,\u00a0The Shrinking Geography of Opportunity in Metro America<\/a>,\u00a0Interactive Map: Eligible to naturalize Adults by Probability of Naturalization<\/a>, and\u00a0California 100: Immigrant Integration and the Future of the Golden State<\/a>. Dr. Le is also co-leading the\u00a0evaluation of the RepresentLA program<\/a>, identifying the impact of the program and opportunities for improvement.<\/p>\n

Dr. Le earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) from the USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute, where his research focused on issues of social equity. His dissertation examines the diverging pathways to citizenship and immigrant integration in the United States and extrapolates the multiplicative effects of racialized and gendered barriers within immigrant communities. Dr. Le\u2019s postdoctoral work takes a mixed-methods approach in exploring the immigrant inclusion landscape in California to identify strategies in mobilizing and organizing hard-to-reach immigrant populations.<\/p>\n

Dr. Le\u2019s passions in life beyond his advocacy work include traveling and eating noodles.<\/p>\n

Select Peer-Reviewed\u00a0 Publications<\/b><\/p>\n