PENN LAW — On March 23, as part of the 2021-2022 Lecture Series on Race and Regulation, Ming Hsu Chen, a visiting professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law, will discuss the relationship between race, citizenship, and political inequality. Chen will discuss her research on the regulatory barriers that prevent Asian and Latinx communities from participating equally in the American political process, such as voter identification laws and restrictions on noncitizen political participation, as well as proposals to contract political representation of noncitizens in Congress and state legislatures. Ultimately, she shows how regulations instead could bolster equality in politics for Asian and Latinx communities while also transforming electoral outcomes and enhancing substantive democracy. Chen holds appointments in law, political science, and ethnic studies at the University of Colorado and brings an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of race, immigration, and administrative law. At the University of Colorado, she is also the founding Faculty Director of the Immigration and Citizenship Law Program.