Amy L. Chua(simplified Chinese : ; pinyin : C i M i' r, born October 26, 1962) is the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton . She specializes in the study of international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization and the law. As of January 2011, she is most noted for her parenting memoir , Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother .
Early lifeChua was born in Champaign, Illinois. Her parents were Leon O. Chua , is an Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences professor at the University of California, Berkeley and is known as the father of nonlinear circuit theory , cellular neural networks , and discovered the memristor . She was raised as a El Cerrito High School and graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College in 1984. She obtained her in 1987 from Harvard Law School , where she was an Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review .
BooksChua has written three books: two studies of international affairs and a memoir.
Her first book, market dominant minorities " and the resulting resentment in the less affluent majority. World on Fire which was a New York Times Bestseller, selected by as one of the Best Books of 2003, and named by as one of the "Top Political Reads of 2003" examines how globalization and democratization since 1989 have affected the relationship between market dominant minorities and the wider population.
Her second book, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance and Why They Fall (2007), examines seven major empires and posits that their success depended on their tolerance of minorities.
Her latest book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother , published in January 2011, is a comic memoir that ignited a global parenting debate with its story of one mother s journey in strict parenting techniques.
Personal lifeChua lives in New Haven, Connecticut and is married to Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld . She has two daughters, Sophia and Louisa ("Lulu"). Sophia has been accepted by both Harvard and Yale and has decided to attend Harvard. Chua, whose husband is Jewish , has stated that her children can speak Chinese , and they have been "raised Jewish". She is the eldest of four sisters: Michelle, Katrin, and Cynthia. Katrin is a physician and a professor at Down Syndrome , holds two International Special Olympics gold medals in swimming.
ReferencesChua, Leon O. (September 1971). "Memristor - The Missing Circuit Element". IE Transactions on Circuits Theory (IE) 18 (5): 507 519.
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Special Olympians Come To Berkeley For Summer Games - News Story - KTVU San Francisco
Amy Chua Official Website
Leigh Bureau speaker profile
Booknotes interview with Chua on World on Fire, February 9, 2003.
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