Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu

Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu is a Professor at New York University, specializing in American Studies with a focus on transpacific and Asian/ American Studies. Her work bridges critical race theory, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies through examinations of war's ecological impacts, refugee migrations, and visual/popular culture dynamics.

Education includes a B.A. in English from Bates College (1994) and M.A./Ph.D. in American Studies from NYU (2003). Her research interrogates intersections between culture, technology, and globalization, particularly as they pertain to Asian diasporic communities and postcolonial contexts.

Notable publications include Experiments in Skin (2021) analyzing Vietnam War legacies and The Beautiful Generation (2011) exploring Asian American fashion cultures. She co-edited volumes like Alien Encounters (2007) on Asian American popular culture. Her scholarship emphasizes visual and material culture's role in shaping racialized identities and transnational connections.

Current research continues exploring war ecologies and refugee studies through an interdisciplinary lens, with recent work focusing on Southeast Asian diasporic visual narratives.