Podcast appearances and mentions of Van C Tran

What are the factors at play, turning the city's housing developments into a pipeline to prison? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Van C. Tran, a CUNY Graduate Center professor and author of new study on "the public housing to prison pipeline."

Graduate Center, CUNY Professor Van C. Tran (Sociology), a former refugee and a graduate of Hostos Community College, Hunter College, and Harvard, talks about the joy of returning to CUNY and fulfilling one of his dreams: to teach at The Graduate Center. He revels in his research of immigrant-rich New York City, where he has explored the experiences of second-generation Latinos. Another area of scholarly interest is Asian immigrants in the U.S. and their beliefs about affirmative action. Tran talks about CUNY's commitment to public scholarship and what that means to him.

Van C. Tran, The Graduate Center, on the Harvard affirmative action lawsuit. Author Margret Aldrich, "The Little Free Library Book," on free little libraries. Emilie Johnsen from 4Ocean LLC on plastic recycling. Water Sommelier Martin Riese, on professional water tasting. Sophy Charlton, University of York, on how humans drank milk 6,000 years ago. Amy Farrell of Northeastern University on the undercount of human trafficking.

How can universities allow more students from diverse backgrounds to gain access to what continues to be the surest way of attaining economic success? How do different ethnic groups fare in college -- and what does it mean that some groups attain 'hypermobility' while others seem to lag behind? What are the real, verifiable factors determining college success, and what are the social psychological perceptions that color the admissions debate? How can we tell myths apart from actual research in this area, where political tempers run high and young people's shot at the American Dream seems to hang in the balance?  Van C. Tran is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. He is a sociologist whose research and writing broadly focus on the incorporation of Asian and Latino immigrants and their children, as well as its implications for American culture, politics, and society.