Long T. Bui

Long T. Bui is a Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine, affiliated with the School of Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in Ethnic Studies and BAs in Political Science and Asian American Studies. His research focuses on refugee memory, Vietnam's global cultural presence, higher education politics, and intersections of race/gender/sexuality in media and technology. Bui directs the Global and International Studies Department's graduate program and a summer research leadership program for social science students.

His major works include Returns of War: South Vietnam and the Price of Refugee Memory (2018), Model Machines: A History of the Asian as Automaton (2022), and Viral World: Global Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024). These explore topics ranging from diasporic identity politics to transnational memory frameworks. His work has been supported by grants from the UC New Racial Studies Initiative, UCHRI, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Bui has received notable awards for mentorship, including the Tom Angell Fellowship Faculty Award and the Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship. His teaching and research emphasize social justice, critical university studies, and decolonizing methodologies. Current projects include exploring pandemic-era global consciousness and the automation of labor through Asian roboticism frameworks.