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Amanda R. Cheong is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, specializing in legal status, documentation, and their sociopolitical implications for marginalized communities. She holds a Ph.D. (2019) and M.A. (2016) from Princeton University and a B.A. (2012) from UBC. Her research examines how states use civil registration systems to exclude populations, focusing on Southeast Asia and North America. Key works include Omitted Lives, an ethnography of Malaysian statelessness, and peer-reviewed articles on bureaucratic exclusion and statelessness.
- Education: Ph.D. Sociology & Social Policy, Princeton (2019); M.A. Sociology & Social Policy, Princeton (2016); B.A. (Hons) Sociology, UBC (2012)
- Affiliations: UBC Centre for Migration Studies, Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies, and Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement
Her research interests intersect race, migration, and legal personhood, driven by her family’s statelessness in Brunei. Awards include Mellon/ACLS Fellowship and grants from SSHRC and the American Sociological Association.
