Amy Ong Tsui (born 1949) is an American demographer. Due to the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

, Tsui's father emigrated to the United States to pursue doctoral studies in agricultural economics. Tsui was born in

Pullman, Washington Pullman is the most populous city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. The population was 32,901 at the 2020 census, and estimated to be 32,508 in 2022. Originally founded as ...

in 1949. The elder Tsui worked for the

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; . (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, , translates ...

, and moved his family to Bangladesh and Thailand. The Tsui family later returned to the United States, where Amy graduated from high school, and enrolled at Carlton College in Minnesota, before transferring to the

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offic ...

, where she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in 1970 and 1972, respectively. Five years later, Tsui obtained a doctorate from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

, where she was advised by Donald Bogue. Tsui remained on the University of Chicago faculty until 1982, when she moved to the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

. In 2002, she joined the

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

faculty. While affiliated with Johns Hopkins, Tsui was elected a fellow of the

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in 2004, and served as president of the Population Association of America in 2017. In most recent years, Tsui has focused her research on the topic of women's reproductive activities and health in various countries around the world.

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1949 births Living people 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians American demographers People from Pullman, Washington American expatriates in Thailand University of Chicago alumni University of Chicago faculty University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty Johns Hopkins University faculty American expatriates in Bangladesh American women statisticians Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni American academics of Chinese descent {{US-statistician-stub