John Lie (professor)

After graduating from Punahou School, he attended Harvard University (A.B., Social Studies; Ph.D., Sociology).

Lie's "sociological imagination" trilogy explores the intersection of biography, history, and social structure by analyzing his Korean diasporic experience.

The trilogy comprises Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots, Han Unbound: The Political Economy of South Korea, and Multiethnic Japan.

sought to advance a unified theory to make sense of race, nation, ethnicity, racism, and (peoplehood) identity.

[1] In the 2010s, Lie has continued to publish books on a variety of topics, including K-pop, East Asian political economy, and Japan and the idea of sustainable society.