Phi Hong Su is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Williams College. She is interested in people on the move and the understandings and convictions they carry with them across borders. Her book, The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin, best captures her concern with how people rebuild their lives after war and border crossings. Her current research centers on how community-based actors adapt to a rapidly changing landscape of immigration policy.
Su’s project examines an emerging strategy for expanding immigration legal services. It traces how non-attorney legal advocates acquire, interpret, and deploy legal expertise amid shifting policies.