Arlene Daus-Magbual, Ed.D., San Francisco State University
Title(s): Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Appointment: Faculty Lecturer in 2016 and Tenure Track Faculty in 2022
Research Interests: Ethnic Studies, Critical Race Theory, Anti- Asian Violence, Critical Leadership Praxis, Critical Pedagogy, Critical Race Parenting, Asian Americans in Higher Education and Barangay Pedagogy
Community Leadership: Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), Daly City Arts and Culture Commissioner
Russell Mark Jeung 張華耀, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, AAS Major/Minor Advisor, and Former Department Chair
Appointment: 2002
Research Interests: Chinese American history, culture and literature; Chinese American trans-Pacific migration history, culture and family maintenance
Community Leadership: Stop AAPI Hate, Bhutanese Community of California, Burma Refugee Family Network
Chrissy Lau, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara
Title(s): Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Appointment: 2023
Research Interests: Coming soon
Community Leadership: Coming soon
Loan Le, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Title(s): Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Appointment: Coming soon
Research Interests: Coming soon
Community Leadership: Coming soon
Mai-Nhung Le, Dr.PH., University of California at Berkeley
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, Former Department Chair, AAS Major/Minor Advisor
Appointment: 1993
Research Interests: Social science, Asian American HIV/AIDS and cancer survivorship, health equity among communities of color, especially Asians and Asian Americans
Community Leadership: Asian and Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network, NICOS Chinese Health Coalition, Social Innovation & Universal Opportunity Lab (SOUL)
Jonathan Lee, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies
Appointment: 2009
Research Interests: Asian American religious studies and history; Chinese and Sino-Southeast Asian American Studies; Asian American folklore and folklife; Cambodian American studies; Vietnamese American studies; and Asian American Queer studies
Community Leadership: Board member of the Consortium of Global Hakka Studies (Taiwan); editor-in-chief of History & Perspective: The Journal of the Chinese Historical Society of America; editorial boards member of Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and the American Historical Review; former board member of the Center for Lao Studies, the Chinese Historical Society of America, South East Asian Cultural Heritage & Musical Performing Arts: Artists, Musicians, Performers uniting to preserve Culture and Heritage (SEACHAMPA) and the American Academy of Religion--Western Region; series co-editor of Routledge’s Series on Asian Migration; editorial board member of Brill’s Southeast Asians in the Diaspora series; and member of Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation
Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, Founder and Executive Director of Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN)
Appointment: 2001
Research Interests: Vietnamese American Literature; Asian American Literature; Diaspora Studies; Asian American Women Studies; Southeast Asian American Studies; Community building
Community Leadership: Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN)
Eric J. Pido, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Title(s): Associate Professor Professor of Asian American Studies
Appointment: 2011
Research Interests: Filipina/o and Filipina/o American Studies; transnational Asian migration, Asian and Asian American migrant geographies and urban studies
Community Leadership: Bindlestiff Studio, Board Secretary; Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Advisory Board; Project ASAP, Advisory Board; SF Filipino Mental Health Initiative, Member
Valerie Soe 蘇杏娟, MFA, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies
Appointment: 1996
Research Interests: Asian American film, art, history and culture; Asian American media representations; art and activism
Community Leadership: 3rd I South Asian Film Festival Advisory Board
Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, AAS Major/Minor Advisor, Former M.A. Coordinator
Appointment: 2000
Research Interests: Pinayism; Ethnic Studies pedagogy; community responsive pedagogy; culturally responsive teaching and evaluation; critical pedagogy; critical leadership praxis; Youth Studies; Asian American community development; Motherscholarship; Ethnic Studies and Filipina/o American Studies curriculum development; Filipina/o American critical cultural production; Asian American Women Studies
Community Leadership: Filipino Community Center, Board of Directors; Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Advisory Board; Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), Founder and Director; San Francisco Unified School District, Ethnic Studies Curriculum Consultant; Institute for Sustainable Economic, Educational and Environmental Design (ISEEED), Founding Partner and Director of Culturally and Community Responsive Curriculum Development and Teacher Training
Wesley Ueunten 上運天巌, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, Department Chair M.A. Coordinator, AAS Major/Minor Advisor
Appointment: 2002
Research Interests: Okinawan diasporic identity and activism; Japanese American identity
Community Leadership: Genyukai Berkeley, Founding Member and Instructor; Japanese American National Library, Advisory Board; Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, Researcher; National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), Scholar-in-Residence; Okinawa Kenjinkai of San Francisco, Vice President and Goodwill Ambassador
Grace J. Yoo 유진미, MPH, Ph.D., University of California at San Francisco
Title(s): Professor of Asian American Studies, AAS Major/Minor Advisor, Former Department Chair
Appointment: 1996
Research Interests: Asian American health and social support; Korean American history and experience
Community Leadership: Asian American Research Center on Health; San Francisco Hep B Free Campaign, Partner; Korean American Coalition