![Arlene Daus-Magbual, EdD](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Arlene-Sudaria%20Daus.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=_cVKxBSd)
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
![Professor Russell M Jeung PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Russell%20M%20Jeung%20PhD.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=H1jFoHa0)
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
![A headshot of Dr. Chrissy Lau](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Chrissy%20Lau.jpg?h=699dec42&itok=ubM7iXW6)
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](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Loan%20Le.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=FVGVE1HL)
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
![SF State AAS Department Chair Mai Nhung Le DrPH](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/AAS-SF-State-Mai-Nhung-Le.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=lvrWe2-Q)
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, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Jonathan%20Lee.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=6Gk1GQe8)
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, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Isabelle-Thuy-Pelaud-PhD.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=3k6RnoB5)
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 Pido](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Eric-Pido.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=_VKl0zDI)
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 MFA](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Valerie%20Soe%20MFA_0.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=IWWNxDhG)
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
![A headshot picture of Professor Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Professor_Allyson_Tintiangco-Cubales_PhD_updated_headshot_picture.jpg?h=1db28e38&itok=-IIkCcE5)
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
![Professor Wesley Ueunten PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Professor%20Wesley%20Ueunten.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=YmuRNVjv)
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
![Professor Grace J. Yoo PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/AAS-Advisors-Professor%20Grace%20J.%20Yoo%20PhD.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=5I4EHUZa)
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