Danilo Begonia, M.A., San Francisco State University
Appointment: 1970
Emeritus Since: 2010
Former Title(s): AAS Department Chair, 1972-75; School of Ethnic Studies Acting Director/Dean, 1976-78
Jeffery Paul Chan, M.A., San Francisco State University
Appointment: 1968
Emeritus Since: 2006
Former Title(s): AAS Coordinator/Department Chair, 1970-72, 1975-1984
Laureen Chew, Ed.D., University of the Pacific
Appointment: 1981
Emeritus Since: 2017
Former Title(s): Elementary Education Department Chair, 2001-06; Former Associate Dean, College of Ethnic Studies, 2006-12
Malcolm Collier, M.A., San Francisco State University
Malcolm Collier, MA, San Francisco State University
Appointment: 1980
Emeritus Since: 2005
Former Title(s): Coming soon
Lorraine Dong 曾露凌, Ph.D., University of Washington
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, Former AAS Department Chair
Appointment: 1987
Research Interests: Asian American children’s literature; Chinese American history, literature and culture
Community Leadership: Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Biography Project Co-Director (2013-current); Square and Circle Club President (2014-16; current); Office of Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Asian American Advisory Group (2010-17); Chinese Historical Society of America President (1998-2000; 2002-04)
Robert A Fung, Esq., J.D., New College of California School of Law
Robert A Fung, Esq., J.D., New College of California School of Law
Appointment: 1990
Emeritus Since: 2010
Former Title(s): Coming soon
Daniel Phil Gonzales, J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies
Appointment: 1969
Research Interests: Coming soon
Community Leadership: Filipino American National Historical Society, Manilatown Heritage Foundation, New America Media Association, San Francisco Filipino American Democratic Club
Marlon K. Hom 譚雅倫, Ph.D., University of Washington
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, Former AAS Department Chair
Appointment: 1986
Research Interests: Chinese American history, culture and literature; Chinese American trans-Pacific migration history, culture and family maintenance
Community Leadership: Guandong Overseas Chinese History Project, Oversea Exchange Associations (Guandong Province, Jiangmen City, Zhongshan City)
Ben Kobashigawa, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Appointment: 1986
Emeritus Since: 2017
Former Title(s): AAS M.A. Program Coordinator, 2006-09, Spring 2011
Eric Mar, J.D., New College of California School of Law
Appointment: 1992
Emeritus Since: 2021
Former Title(s): Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, 2017-2020. Member, Academic Senate, 2019. Adjunct Lecturer, Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies, SF, 1992 - 2008.
Anantha Sudhakar, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Title(s): Associate Professor of Asian American Studies; M.A. Chair and Coordinator
Appointment: 2012
Research Interests: South Asian American literature and culture; diaspora and transnationalism; social justice and arts activism; gender studies and queer theory
Community Leadership: Bay Area Solidarity Summer (BASS); South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA); TIDES Editorial Collective
George Kee Woo, B.A., San Francisco State University
Appointment: 1970
Emeritus Since: 2001
Former Title(s): AAS Department Chair, 1984-1993
Wei Ming Dariotis, Ph.D., University of Santa Barbara
Appointment: 1999
Emeritus Since: 2023
Bio: Served as Faculty Director of the SFSU Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL), professor of Asian American Studies, affiliate faculty of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program, Vice Chair of the Academic Senate, and President of the California Faculty Association (the faculty union).
After retiring from SFSU, she served as Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and launched Ming Pierre Villegas &Daughters, a strategic values alignment consulting firm.
With Laura Kina and Camilla Fojas, she co-coordinated the Inaugural Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference (DePaul University, 2010), and co-authored the definition of Critical Mixed Race Studies.
Her co-edited volume, Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in Academia, was published by Rutgers (2019). She co-edited and co-curated, with Laura Kina, War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art, two art exhibits and a book of the same name (University of Washington Press, 2013).
She serves on the editorial board of Asian American Literatures: Discourses and Pedagogies, for which she guest edited/co-edited special issues on mixed heritage Asian American literature and the 45th anniversary of the publication of the seminal Asian American literature anthology, Aiiieeeee!
In the community, Dr. Dariotis is a co-founder of Kearny Street Workshop's APAture: A Window on the Art of Asian Pacific Americans, which launched the careers of Ali Wong, Hasan Minaj, and Steven Universe artist Helen Jo. She also served as a member of the Advisory Board of Eth-Noh-Tec, and is a past board member of the Asian American Theater Company. She also co-organized the Quesada Neighborfest, and hosted and taught writing activism for GirlFly in the Gardens.
Research Interests: Race, gender, and science fiction; Asian American literature and poetry; Critical Mixed Race Studies; pedagogy studies; teaching effectiveness assessment; and equity and excellence in educational leadership.
Former Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, Affiliate faculty of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program, Vice Chair of the Academic Senate, and President of the California Faculty Association (the faculty union).