APAC Scholars
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Andrew Aoki, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science
Augsburg University
[email protected]
http://web.augsburg.edu/~aoki/index.html
Asian American politics; Immigration; Popular culture and politics
Tsung Chi, Ph.D.
Professor of Politics
Chair of Asian Studies
Occidental College
[email protected]
http://college.oxy.edu/politics/tsung-chi/
Asian American politics, comparative politics, East Asian politics, Chinese/Taiwanese politics, US-China-Taiwan relations, and research methods
Michelle L. Chin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Arizona State University
Congress, congressional decision making, interest groups, public policy
Sumi Cho, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Non-JD Program, Professor of Law
DePaul University College of Law
[email protected]
http://law.depaul.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/sumi-cho.aspx
Asian Americans and legal jurisprudence (affirmative action, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, immigration/environment, internment)
Wendy K. Tam Cho, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science and Department of Statistics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
[email protected]
http://cho.pol.illinois.edu/wendy/
Methodology, racial and ethnic politics, elections, political behavior, state and local politics
Erin Aeran Chung. Ph.D.
Charles D. Miller, Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Politics
Co-Director of the Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship Program
Johns Hopkins University
[email protected]
http://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/erin-aeran-chung/
Japanese and Korean politics, comparative citizenship, immigration, and racial politics, civil society.
Christian Collet, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Professor
Department of Politics and International Relations
International Christian University
http://www.christiancollet.com/
Founder, Pacific Opinions
Public opinion, political participation, Asian Americans in California, Vietnamese Americans
Carrie Liu Currier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Director of Asian Studies
Texas Christian University
[email protected]
http://www.pol.tcu.edu/faculty-and-staff-carrie-liu-currier.asp
Chinese politics (the impacts of economic reform on women, domestic/foreign policy, energy policy), Gender & Politics (labor issues and the sex industry), and IPE
Robert Dhondrup
Los Angeles Unified School District and California State University, Los Angeles
Ethnic and urban history; Asian Pacific American labor
Yen Le Espiritu, Ph.D.
Department of Ethnic Studies
University of California, San Diego
Asian American identities, gender, race relations.
Past President, Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS)
http://sociology.ucsd.edu/faculty/bio/esperitu.shtml
Nicole (Nikki) Filler, Ph.D. (she/her)
Program Coordinator/Research Associate
Institute for Asian American Studies
University of Massachusetts, Boston
https://www.umb.edu/iaas
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nfiller001/
Race and racisms, ethnicity, gender, intersectionality, American political behavior and institutions
Nikhar Gaikwad, Graduate Student
Yale University
[email protected]
http://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/nikhar-gaikwad
Political economy of development and business-state relations
Kim Geron, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
California State University, East Bay
[email protected]
http://www20.csueastbay.edu/directory/profiles/posc/geronkim.html
His research interests include race and ethnic politics, the labor movement, social movements, and immigration policy. He is currently conducting research on Asian Pacific American, and Labor and Community based Urban Politics.
Hahrie Han, Ph.D.
Anton Volk Chair in Environmental Politics, Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
[email protected]
http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/people/hahrie-han
Political participation, Inequality, political organizing, civic engagement, civic organizations, congressional elections.
Cindy D. Kam, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
Vanderbilt University
[email protected]
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/political-science/bio/cindy-kam
Public opinion, political psychology, and political participation.
Claire Jean Kim, Ph.D.
Asian American Studies/Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine
[email protected]
http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2453
Black-Korean conflict, social movements, Asian American politics, Black politics, the social construction of race and political parties
Thomas P. Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Politics & International Relations
Scripps College
[email protected]
http://scrippscollege.edu/academics/faculty/thomas-kim.php
Asian American politics, African American politics, electoral politics and political parties
Liane Kosaki, Ph.D.
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Law, Society, and Justice
University of Wisconsin, Madison
[email protected]
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/clsj/lspfaculty.html#kosaki
Race and gender politics, political theory, public law
John Ishiyama, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
University of North Texas, Denton
[email protected]
http://www.cas.unt.edu/~jishiyama/index.htm
Comparative Politics, Ethnicity, Political Parties
James S. Lai, Ph.D.
Director of Ethnic Studies Program
Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies
Santa Clara University
[email protected]
https://www.scu.edu/cas/ethnic-studies/faculty--staff/james-s-lai/
Asian American Politics, Racial Politics, Urban Politics, Community Studies, California State and Local Politics
Loan Le, Ph.D.
President, Institute for Good Government and Inclusion (IGGI)
[email protected]
http://www.thinkiggi.com
Asian American Experience, Democratic Inclusion (Race, Ethnicity, Gender) and Good Government
Taeku Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science and Law
University of California, Berkeley
[email protected]
http://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/person/taeku-lee
Racial Politics, Public Opinion, Political Behavior, Social Movements, Asian American Politics
Pei-Te Lien, Ph.D.,
Professor
Department of Political Science, affiliated with Asian American Studies, Feminist Studies, and Black Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
[email protected]
http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/people/pei-te-lien
Race and Ethnicity, American Politics, Identity, Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Ann Chih Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Public Policy
University of Michigan
[email protected]
http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/ann-lin
Qualitative Research Methods, Gender and Politics, Race and Ethnicity
Eric Mar
Commissioner, San Francisco Board of Education
[email protected]
Asian American politics; education policy; social change and community development; immigration policy; civil rights law; Asian American movement history.
Natalie Masuoka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Tufts University
[email protected]
https://as.tufts.edu/politicalscience/people/faculty/masuoka
Racial and Ethnic Politics, Political Behavior, Public Opinion and Political Pscyhology
Alan Nishio, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
California State University, Long Beach
Asian Pacific Americans and public policy issues.
Ngoc Phan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of History and International Studies
Hawai'i Pacific University
[email protected]
http://www.ngocphan.com/
Political behavior, political psychology, race and ethnicity, and experimental methods.
Paul Ong, Ph.D.
Asian American Studies Center
University of California, Los Angeles
[email protected]
https://asianam.ucla.edu/person/paul-ong/
HLT Quan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Justice and Social Inquiry
School of Social Transformation
Arizona State University
[email protected]
https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/826291
Globalization, Third World development, radical thought, urban resistance (race, gender, and global cities)
S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
Professor, Department of Political Science
Associate Dean, School of Public Policy
University of California, Riverside
[email protected]
http://karthick.com/
Political Participation and Ethnic Mobilization among Asian Americans and Latinos
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
Larry Hajime Shinagawa, Ph.D
Associate Professor and Director of Asian American Studies
University of Maryland
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-shinagawa-ba05b54
Asian Pacific American political attitudes.
Jaideep Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies
California State University, East Bay
Ranjit Singh Sabharwal Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
[email protected]
Asian American national and grass roots politics, American racial politics, South Asian American politics, Co-founder of Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Shyam Sriram
Ph.D. Student
Department of Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
[email protected]
South Asian American Politics, deracialization, Asian Pacific American campaigns and elections.
Oki Takeda, Ph.D.
Professor
Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo
[email protected]
https://researchmap.jp/read0077303?lang=en
Asian American politics (general), Asian American representation in legislatures, Asian American Studies (curriculum development), Asian American college students' identities, Roles of Japanese Americans in U.S.-Japanese relations
Carolyn Wong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Carleton College
[email protected]
Janelle Wong, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Asian American Studies
University of Maryland
http://amst.umd.edu/people/faculty/janelle-wong/
[email protected]
Racial and Ethnic Politics, Immigration, Mobilization, Asian American Politics
Frank Wu, J.D.
Chancellor and Dean, University of California Hastings College of the Law
[email protected]
https://www.uchastings.edu/people/frank-wu/
Asian Americans and affirmative action, immigration reform, public policy
Huso Yi, Ph.D.
Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Health Studies
New York University
[email protected]
http://www.sphpc.cuhk.edu.hk/cms/content/view/431/56/lang,en/
East Asian gay identities, Sexual Rights and Health, Cross-cultural research on sexuality.
Joseph Eugene Yi, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
Hanyang University
[email protected]
https://hanyang.academia.edu/JosephYi
Comparative, International, American Politics; Political Thought; Religion; USA and East Asia; Inter-group communication and cooperation.
Zhiqun Zhu, Ph.D.
MacArthur Chair in East Asian Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Bucknell University
[email protected]
http://www.bucknell.edu/x43965.xml
US-Asian relations; political and economic activities of Asian immigrants in the United States.
