Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty

Arlene Daus-Magbual, EdD

Arlene Daus-Magbual, Ed.D., San Francisco State University

Title(s): Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies; Senator, Student Affairs Committee, Academic Senate; Director, Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Services, Equity & Community Inclusion

Appointment: 2016

Research Interests: Coming soon

Community Leadership: Coming soon

Professor Russell M Jeung PhD

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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