Faculty Curriculum Vitae
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NAME:
Long S. Le
POSITION/TITLE:
Director of International Initiatives for Global Studies &
Lecturer/Co-founder of Vietnamese Studies Courses
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Bauer College of Business, 325-B Melcher Hall, University
of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
OFFICE TELEPHONE:
713-743-1142
WORK EMAIL:
lle@bauer.uh.edu
HOMEPAGE:
www.uh.edu/~lsle
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Long Le is a Clinical Professor and Director of International Initiatives for Global Studies in the
Bauer College of Business. Since summer 2005, Dr. Le has directed study abroad programs in
Southeast Asia to provide both undergraduate and MBA students an opportunity to learn about
local business practices "on the ground." He is also a co-founder and lecturer of UH's Vietnamese
Studies courses and is the editor of the Global Viet Diaspora. Dr. Le has published in various
academic journals, including Far Eastern Economic Review, Harvard Asia Quarterly Journal,
Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Journal of Southeast Asian American Education &
Advancement, Global Asia: A Journal of the East Foundation, and Harvard's Asian American Policy
Review.
ACADEMIC COURSES
VIET 3300 – The Global Vietnamese Diaspora
INTB 3352 – The Politics of Globalization
INTB 3355 – The Political Economy of Globalization
INTB 4397: Political Economy of Asia
INTB 4397: Economic History of Southeast Asia
MANA 7397: Doing Business in Vietnam
INTB 7397: Emerging Market in Vietnam
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ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP/PUBLICATION
Books:
Measuring U.S. Immigration: By Distinguishing Legal Status and Admission Criteria (Lambert
Academic Publishing, 2010)
Selected Publication:
“Family Folkloristic History of the Vietnam War: A Non-communist Perspective,” Journal of
Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement (Winter 2013)
“Uprisings in the Air? Forecasting Political Instability in Vietnam,” Global Asia: A Journal of the East
Foundation (Summer 2012)
“’Colonial’ and ‘Postcolonial” Views of Vietnam’s Pre-history,” Journal of Social Issues in Southeast
Asia (Spring 2011)
“Exploring the Anti-Communist Ideological Identity in the Vietnamese Diaspora,” Journal of
Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement (Winter 2011)
“Displacement of Rural Vietnam,” Global Asia: A Journal of the East Foundation (Spring 2010)
“Vietnamese American History & Experiences,” Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and
Folklife (ABC-CLIO, 2010)
“The Politics of Vietnam’s Postwar Generation,” Education About Asia (Fall 2009)
“Vietnam’s Growing Pains,” Far Eastern Economic Review (May 2009)
“Vietnam in Denial Over Economic Problems,” Far Eastern Economic Review (October 2008)
“Winners and Losers of Vietnam’s Food Exports,” book chapter in Stanley Clark’s Food Policy: At
Home and Abroad (Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publication, 2007)
“Confronting HIV/AIDS in the APA Communities,” Harvard Asian American Policy Review, Summer
2007
“Sustained Economic Development and Political Reform for Vietnam,” Harvard Asia Quarterly,
Spring 2003.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH/CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
Editor of The Global Viet Diaspora: http://blogs.bauer.uh.edu/vietDiaspora/
Chair of the Faculty Editorial Board for Bauer Global Studies Undergraduate Business Journal:
http://www.bauerglobalstudies.org/
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Faculty Coordinator for Study Abroad Programs in Southeast Asia:
http://www.bauer.uh.edu/degrees-programs/study_abroad/southeast-asia/ and
http://www.bauer.uh.edu/degrees-programs/study_abroad/vietnam/
Developing a Microfinance Pilot Project for Zero-Interest Lending in Southeast Asia:
http://www.bauerglobalstudies.org/mf/
Surveying the Asian American Businesses and Entrepreneurship in Southwest Houston for Saigon
Broadcasting Television Network: http://www.uh.edu/~lsle/map.html
Documentary of a Vietnamese Afro-Amerasian Testimony (Completed in October 2009):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjZL4Og2Ig
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND/TRAINING
September, 1997 – August 2002
University of Houston
Ph.D., Political Science, August 2002
Dissertation: Measuring US Immigration: The Assimilation Process of Asian and Latino Immigrants
September, 1994 – June 1997
University of Delaware
B.A. in Political Science and U.S. History
Minor in Black Studies
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