Amy Lynn Chua
born 1962 Champaign, Illinois
parents ethnic Chinese from the Philippines
grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana
moved to Berkeley at age 8
graduated first in class of 384 El Cerrito High School, 1980
National Merit Scholar
Harvard College, A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, development studies and economics, 1984
John Harvard Scholar
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholar
Harvard Law School, J.D., Cum Laude, 1987
admitted to bar, 1990, New York
strongly influenced by Judge Patricia M. Wald, a former chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals who also served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, for whom she clerked
taught law at Duke University, Stanford University, and New York University
Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review
World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, Doubleday, 2003.
forthcoming The Day of Empire: Tolerance, Ethnicity, and Power Doubleday, 2006.
husband Jed Rubenfeld, Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law, Yale Law School
interviewed by Paul Solomon on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, September 12, 2003
plenary session at 2003 National Conference on Courage, Creativity and Change