Bianca Mabute-Louie, M.A., is a Ph.D. candidate in the Sociology department at Rice University and the 2025-2026 Boniuk Institute Graduate Scholar. Her research examines how immigrant status, race, and religion intersect to shape identity, belonging, and civic action. Her dissertation is on Asian American and Latino immigrant collective. Bianca earned her B.A. in Public Policy with a minor in Economics from Mills College and her M.A. in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University. 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 the L.A. Times and Elle Magazine. Her book, Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the 21st Century, was published by HarperCollins in January 2025.
WEBSITE(S)| Boniuk Institute
Research Areas
Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Social Movements, Urban Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods, Ethnic Studies
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, Rice University, In Progress
M.A. in Sociology, Rice University, 2022
M.A. in Asian American Studies, San Francisco University, 2017
B.A. in Public Policy, Mills College, 2012