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I-B-9 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY CENTER APPOINTMENT WITH IMMEDIATE TENURE OF DR. VAN C. TRAN WHEREAS, Van C. Tran has been described by external reviewers as both a “rising star in the field of immigration integration” and “the most well-known scholar of migration and its intersection with urban sociology of his generation”; and WHEREAS, he is the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, and the prestigious Nancy W. Malkiel Scholars Award from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation; and WHEREAS, his scholarship to date consists of an impressive fifteen refereed articles, six book chapters and six journal articles and two book manuscripts in preparation; and WHEREAS, in addition to being an outstanding scholar, Dr. Tran is an exceptional educator having won the Faculty Mentoring Award from the Graduate Student Advisory Council of Columbia University and the Columbia University Presidential Award for Teaching; and WHEREAS Van C. Tran is the quintessential CUNY success story, a refugee whose family settled in New York City, he graduated as valedictorian of Hostos Community College, then from Hunter College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa,, and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University; and WHEREAS, Dr. Tran has won awards bestowed upon him as a faculty member at Columbia University and has been an exceptionally productive scholar, an outstanding teacher and college citizen, and has a strong national profile in discipline; and WHEREAS, although his scheduled tenure review year at Columbia has not yet arrived, his appointment with tenure is strongly and enthusiastically supported by the Sociology program faculty of the Graduate School; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that Van C. Tran be appointed as an associate professor with tenure in the Sociology Program at The Graduate School and University Center, effective July 1, 2019 with a waiver of Bylaw 6.2.b, subject to financial ability. EXPLANATION: Van C. Tran is a rising star in the sociology of urban migration. His appointment with tenure will secure the reputation of the Sociology Program at the Graduate School as a bastion of urban migration studies. In addition, he embodies the CUNY success story, having graduated from both a CUNY community and senior college. Because he is still on the tenure-track at Columbia University, this appointment with tenure requires a waiver of bylaw 6.2.b. This hire is in the best interest of the Graduate School, its students as well as CUNY as a whole. I-B-9 WAIVER JUSTIFICATION Name: Van C. Tran Unit/College: The Graduate Center Department Sociology Please summarize your justification for requesting a waiver. Give examples of the candidate’s publications, quality of teaching, honors, service and other achievements. You are encouraged to use only the space provided on this template but may add a second page if needed, particularly in the case of a justification for early tenure. Professor Van C. Tran is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. He received his B.A. from Hunter College, and his Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University. Upon receiving his doctorate, he was named a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. He was appointed Assistant Professor at Columbia in 2013. His reviewers call Professor Tran a “rising star in the field of immigration integration” and “the most well-known scholar of migration and its intersection with urban sociology of his generation.” He is an award- winning professor and mentor, receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching and Faculty Mentoring from Columbia, and the Nancy W. Malkiel Scholars Award from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, among others. He is also the ultimate CUNY success story: he enrolled at Hostos shortly after his arrival in the country, graduating as Valedictorian, before transferring to Hunter, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. Then, as noted, he completed his doctorate at Harvard. Since 2011, Professor Tran has published 15 refereed articles, 6 book chapters, and has 2 book manuscripts in progress. Three of his most recent articles that are still under review have just been accepted to the top rated journals in the field of immigration and race/ethnicity – International Migration Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. His work focuses on previously underserved populations of Latinx and Asian communities, and one of his forthcoming books, Lives in Motion: Neighborhood Fluidity and Second-Generation Social Mobility investigates how immigrant parents try to protect their children from social disadvantage. A senior scholar at a leading Midwestern university has said that “Professor Tran has smartly framed the book as an integration of urban inequality/neighborhood and immigration literatures.” His work so far indicates both “an impressive track record of productivity, but also continued productivity in the future” as a professor from one of most highly regarded schools in California stated. A professor from a well-known school in the Northeast mentions that Professor Tran’s “scholarship is distinct in the field” of immigrant integration, and that his approach I-B-9 “sets the gold standard for the field” and “makes a significant contribution.” He has “an ability to thoughtfully and systematically use a range of sophisticated research methods – both qualitative and quantitative – to answer some of the most important sociological questions of our time,” states a professor from a highly regarded school on the West Coast. The books that Professor Tran is due to publish “will receive considerable attention and his considerable reputation will only continue to grow,” writes a professor from an Ivy League university. His next book project, Amsterdam Avenue, will study the “hypergentrification of New York City, the interplay of neighborhood change and immigrant succession and the different kinds of evidence and conclusions social scientists can draws from different methods. I think this could be a classic study of the changing city and a strong contribution to our understanding of New York,” states an Ivy League professor. Professor Tran is committed to teaching and service. His students are all enthusiastic about his “willingness to meet with them and work with them even when he is not their main advisor,” as observed by a professor at an Ivy League university. His departmental and university service is unparalleled – he serves on the Committee on Citizenship Project, Academic Advisory Committee for Urban Studies, and is the co- organizer of the Transnational Asian American Series at the Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race. He created the Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Workshop, which “provides an intellectual forum for both graduate students and senior researchers to present their research…the dialogue remains constructive, critical, supportive, and energizing,” writes a professor from an urban Ivy League university. He is the co- organizer of a conference on “Shaping the Future of DACA: Bridging Research and Policy. He is on the editorial boards of Ethnic and Racial Studies and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and was a member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Museum of the City of New York. He has been described by a top professor as “embodying a new model of a pioneering scholar who is both a first-rate researcher at the top of his field, and an engaged teacher, whose teaching enhances his research, and vice versa.” Professor Van Tran is an extraordinarily accomplished scholar. His reviewers were unanimous in their appreciation for this work and their support of his appointment with tenure to The Graduate Center. An Ivy League professor writes, “This is a wonderful hire. I enthusiastically support his appointment, with no reservations whatsoever.” A professor and director from a well-known Midwestern university writes, “Professor Tran is a rising star and when I think about other scholars to compare him with, they are all tenured. It speaks to his visibility and reputation as a productive, careful, and dynamic scholar.” He has the enthusiastic support of the Ph.D. program in Sociology, and is in alignment with both the aims of the program at the Graduate Center and with CUNY in its entirety. As a CUNY alumni, he is committed to CUNY’s mission. The Executive Officer of the Ph.D. Program in Sociology. Professor Lynn S. Chancer, describes Professor Van Tran as a recruitment that would I-B-9 “cement our reputation as the place to study race/ethnicity, immigration, and urban sociology,” and that his appointment would be “inspirational, hopeful, and meaningful to and for CUNY students and faculty.” Attach the Request Form; candidate’s CV; outcome of all P & B meetings; candidate’s personal statement; summary of student course evaluations; peer reviews; if part of your normal tenure review process, a list of outside referees, with those selected by the department marked with an asterisk and letters from outside referees; and any other relevant information. Please send in a format compatible with Word for Windows 2003. Email these materials to [email protected]. I-B-9 Van C. Tran VAN C. TRAN 607 Knox Hall Department of Sociology Columbia University APPOINTMENTS 2013-present Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University Faculty Co-Organizer, Race, Ethnicity and Migration Workshop Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race Faculty Affiliate, Columbia Population Research Center Faculty Affiliate, Urban Studies Program, Barnard College 2011-2013 Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics EDUCATION 2011 Ph.D. in Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard University Dissertation: “How Neighborhoods Matter, and For Whom: Disadvantaged Context, Ethnic Cultural Repertoires and Second-Generation Mobility in Young Adulthood.” Committee: Mary C.

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