Asian Pacific American Caucus


Scholar Directory

Aoki

Andrew Aoki, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
Augsburg College

Multiculturalism, immigration, American political thought

Chi

Tsung Chi
Professor of Politics
Chair of Asian Studies
Occidental College

Asian American politics, comparative politics, East Asian politics, Chinese/Taiwanese politics, US-China-Taiwan relations, and research methods

Chin Michelle L. Chin, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Political Science
Arizona State University

Congress, congressional decision making, interest groups, public policy

Cho

Sumi Cho, J.D., Ph.D.
College of Law
DePaul University

Asian Americans and legal jurisprudence (affirmative action, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, immigration/environment, internment)

Cho

Wendy K. Tam Cho
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science and Dept. of Statistics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Methodology, racial and ethnic politics, elections, political behavior, state and local politics
Chung

Erin Aeran Chung
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Co-Director of the Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship Program
Johns Hopkins University

Japanese and Korean politics, comparative citizenship, immigration, and racial politics, civil societ.

Collet Christian Collet, Ph.D.
Instructor, University of California - Irvine
Founder, Pacific Opinions

Public opinion, political participation, Asian Americans in California, Vietnamese Americans

Currier

Carrie Liu Currier , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Director of Asian Studies
Texas Christian University

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Chinese politics (the impacts of economic reform on women, domestic/foreign policy, energy policy), Gender & Politics (labor issues and the sex industry), and IPE

Dhondrup 

Robert Dhondrup
Los Angeles Unified School District
and California State University, Los Angeles

Ethnic and urban history; Asian Pacific American labor

Espiritu 

Yen Le Espiritu, Ph.D.
Department of Ethnic Studies
University of California, San Diego

Asian American identities, gender, race relations.

President, Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS)

Geron Kim Geron 
Department of Political Science
California State University, Hayward

Race and Ethnic Politics - Immigration Policy, Immigrant workers, APA and Latino elected officials. Social Movement Theory - Asian American Movement

Kam Cindy D. Kam
University of Michigan

Public opinion, political psychology, political participation

Kim Claire Jean Kim, Ph.D.
Asian American Studies/Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine

Black-Korean conflict, social movements, Asian American politics, Black politics, the social construction of race and political parties

Kim Thomas P. Kim
Scripps College

Asian American politics, African American politics, electoral politics and political parties

Kosaki

Liane Kosaki, Ph.D.
Office of Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Race and gender politics, political theory, public law

Lee Taeku Lee, Assistant Professor
Kennedy School of Government

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Lai James S. Lai, Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and Asian American Studies
Santa Clara University

Asian Pacific American elected leadership, political moblization, voting behavior, public policy, and coalition politics

Lien 

Pei-te Lien, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara

WEBSITE
Asian American politics, political behavior, quantitative methods, racial/ethnic politics

Lin  Ann Chih Lin, Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Michigan

WEBSITE
Qualitative Research Methods, Gender and Politics, Race and Ethnicity

Mar 

Eric Mar
San Francisco State University
also Commissioner, San Francisco Board of Education

Asian American politics; education policy; social change and community development; immigration policy; civil rights law; Asian American movement history.

Masuoka

Natalie Masuoka
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Tufts University

Racial and Ethnic Politics, Political Behavior, Public Opinion and Political Pscyhology

Nakanishi 

Don Nakanishi, Ph.D.
Director, Asian American Studies Center
University of California, Los Angeles

WEB SITE 

Asian American politics; international dimensions of minority politics.

Nishio 

Alan Nishio, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
California State University, Long Beach

 Asian Pacific Americans and public policy issues.

Ong

Paul Ong, Ph.D.
Asian American Studies Center
University of California,
Los Angeles

WEB SITE

Quan

H.L.T. Quan, Ph.D.
The Urban Studies Program
Associated Colleges of the Midwest,
314 W. Institute Place, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60610

Globalization, Third World development, radical thought, urban resistance (race, gender, and global cities)

Ramakrishnan

S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
San Francisco, CA

WEB SITE

Political Participation and Ethnic Mobilization among Asian Americans and Latinos

Rim

Kathy H. Rim
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine

Racial and Ethnic Politics, Minority Political Behavior, Asian American Politics, Immigrant Political Incorporation

Shinagawa

Larry Hajime Shinagawa, Ph.D
Chair, Dept. of Multicultural Studies
Sonoma State University

WEB SITE

Asian Pacific American political attitudes. 

Singh

Jaideep Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ethnic Studies
California State University, East Bay
Ranjit Singh Sabharwal Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies

WEB SITE

Asian American national and grass roots politics, American racial politics, South Asian American politics, Co-founder of Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Takeda

Oki Takeda, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
School of Int'l Politics (SIPEC)
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo 150-8366 Japan

WEB SITE

Asian American politics, Asian Americans and US Congress, student movement, pedagogical issues in ethnic studies

Wong

Janelle Wong , Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
University of Southern California
Departments of Political Science and
American Studies and Ethnicity

WEB SITE

Research interests include race, ethnicity and politics; political participation, political mobilization and public opinion research. Her current research focuses on religion and immigration

Author of the book "Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions"

Wu

Frank Wu, J.D.
Clinical Law Center
Howard University Law School

Asian Americans and affirmative action, immigration reform, public policy

Yi

Huso Yi
Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Health Studies
New York University

East Asian gay identities, Sexual Rights and Health, Cross-cultural research on sexuality.

Yi

Joseph Eugene Yi
Department of Political Science
University of Chicago

Changing attitudes towards gender and racial equality in the Korean immigrant community.

Zhu

Zhiqun Zhu
MacArthur Chair in East Asian Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Bucknell University

US-Asian relations; political and economic activities of Asian immigrants in the United States.

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This page was last updated on 3/18/09

 

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