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Jian Gao

Jian Gao is a Ph.D. student at the Department of History at the University of Texas as Austin.

Review of Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration (2018)

October 27, 2021

Review of Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration (2018)

In Undocumented Lives, Ana Raquel Minian explores the inner world of undocumented Mexican migrants in the United States from 1965 to the present. While detailing the harsh realities that these migrants faced, Minian also demonstrates how the migrants’ perceptions of their lives differed significantly from those of the state and how the draconian migration policies […]

Fighting against Oblivion and Obscurity: Asian American Studies and its Place in U.S. Education

May 25, 2021

After receiving my two doses of Pfizer, I decided that it was time to depart a bit from my hermetic lifestyle, re-socialize, and gradually reinsert myself back into the society. While meeting new people, I always introduce myself as a graduate student at UT Austin studying the history of Chinese in Mexico. Upon hearing my […]

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