Yingyi Ma
Sociologist and Professor at Syracuse University who researches Chinese students in American higher education; author of Ambitious and Anxious (Columbia University Press, 2020).
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Apr 15, 2026 • 55min
Yingyi Ma, "Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education" (Columbia UP, 2020)
Yingyi Ma, sociologist and Syracuse University professor who studies Chinese students in U.S. higher education. She examines the surge of self-funded Chinese undergraduates, contrasting diverse pathways into U.S. colleges. She highlights classroom participation, social adjustment and loneliness, pragmatic major choices, and the complex stay-or-return mobility shaping their futures.
Jan 23, 2026 • 18min
Why Chinese students aren't coming to study in the U.S.
Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology at Syracuse University and Brookings non-resident fellow, studies Chinese education and international students. She explores why far fewer Chinese students now choose U.S. study. Short takes cover safety perceptions, visa and policy shifts, economic and research impacts, and how changing preferences reshape academic exchange.
