Elizabeth Lew-Williams

Elizabeth (Beth) Lew-Williams is a historian and professor of Asian American history at Princeton University, the first ever appointed by the school.[1] She holds a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University and was a faculty fellow at Northwestern University.[2] Her research focuses on Asian American studies, migration, ethnic studies, violence, and the history of the U.S. West.[3] She is the author of The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion and the Making of the Alien in America.[4] In 2026 she won the Bancroft Prize for John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Princeton hires first professor of Asian-American history - the Daily Princetonian". Archived from the original on May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Elizabeth Lew-Williams F'12, F'10". www.acls.org. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Beth Lew-Williams | Department of History". history.princeton.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Chinese Must Go — Beth Lew-Williams | Harvard University Press". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  5. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/arts/bancroft-history-native-americans-chinese-americans.html


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