Faculty
May Fu
Associate Professor and Chair
Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Comparative ethnic studies, race and social movements, women of color feminisms
Spring 2025 Office Hours: KH C4073A: TBA
Paul Cheng
Lecturer
Ph.D. English, UC Riverside
Office: ESCT A628
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Asian American literature, film, and visual cultures
Spring 2025 Office Hours: E&T A-628 & Email for Zoom link: MW 1:30PM-2:30PM; T 8:30AM-9:30AM; R 4PM-5PM
Wei-Lun Jason Chiu
Assistant Professor
Ed.D. Educational Leadership, Cal State LA
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Mentorship in higher education, culturally relevant pedagogy, race and ethnicity in education
Spring 2025 Office Hours: KH C4073A: TW 1:30PM-4:30PM; R 12:30PM-2:30PM
Darron Michael Cunanan
Lecturer
M.A. Sociology, Cal State LA
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Popular culture, gender, social media studies
Spring 2025 Office Hours: KH C4073A: TR 12:30PM-1:30PM, W 3PM-4PM
Boone Nguyen
Lecturer
M.F.A. Art Cal State LA; M.A. Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Critical ethnic studies, multimedia installation art, visual ethnography, war and ecology
Website: www.boonenguyen.com
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Email for Zoom link: T 3:30PM-4:30PM
Juily Phun
Associate Professor
Ph.D. History, UC Irvine
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: San Gabriel Valley, community organizing, environmental justice
Spring 2025 Office Hours: KH C4073A: R 12PM-1:30PM, 4:30PM-6PM; F 3PM-4PM
Kiki Rivera
Lecturer
M.F.A. Theatre and Dance, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Playwriting, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander theatre, community engagement
Spring 2025 Office Hours: N/A
Joy Sales
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. History, Northwestern
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Social movements, transnationalism and diaspora, Filipino studies
Spring 2025 Office Hours: KH C4073A: WR 3PM-4PM
Jun Xing
Professor
Ph.D. American Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Popular culture, critical pedagogy, U.S.-China cultural relations
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Email for Zoom link: MF 10AM-12PM
Loan Dao
Professor
Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Office: KH C-4073A
Email: [email protected]
Areas: Southeast Asian American Studies, Social Movements, Community-Based Participatory Research