This photograph was taken during the Faculty Retreat during the Summer of 2006. From left to right are John Park, Diane Fujino (Chair, 2008- ), erin Ninh, Xiaojian Zhao (Chair, 2005-2008), Celine Parreñas Shimizu, and James Lee.

Sucheng Chan, Ph.D., Berkeley, Political Science. Professor Emeritus (immigration history, contemporary community issues).
[Please Note: No phone number or e-mail address is available for Professor Chan, but material can be mailed to her in care of the departmental address]

Jon D. Cruz, Ph.D., Berkeley, Sociology. Associate Professor (Filipino-American history, race, social and cultural theory, popular music).
cruz@soc.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-2960

Diane C. Fujino, Ph.D., UCLA, Psychology. Associate Professor and Chair (womanist/feminist studies, psychology, interracial relations, Japanese-American experience).
fujino@asamst.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-7580

James K. Lee, Ph.D., UCLA, English; M.A., UCLA, Asian American Studies. Associate Professor (Asian American literature and literary studies, comparative race studies, interdisciplinary approaches to Asian American Studies, and modern social movements).
jkl@asamst.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-4387

erin Khue Ninh, Ph.D., Berkeley, English. Assistant Professor (Asian American literature and literary studies, feminist studies and women's literature, ethnic literature, cultural studies).
ninh@asamst.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-8370

John S.W. Park, Ph.D., Berkeley, Jurisprudence and Social Policy; M.P.P., Harvard. Associate Professor (immigration law and policy, race theory, political theory and public law).
jswpark@asamst.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-8573

Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Ph.D., Stanford University, Modern Thought and Literature; M.F.A., UCLA, Film Production and Directing. Associate Professor (film and performance theory and production, theories of sexuality, Asian American cultural studies and transnationalism, feminist postcolonial studies and social theory).
shimizu@asamst.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-3339

Xiaojian Zhao, Ph.D., Berkeley, History. Associate Professor (U.S. history, Asian-American history, immigration, family, gender, and law).
xiaojian@asamst.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-2825

Lecturers

Natalie Cherot, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, SUNY Binghamton; M.A., Sociology, SUNY Binghamton; M.A., Political Science, Florida International University (race and identity, gender, Southeast Asians)

Julie Cho, M.F.A., UCLA, Directing; M.A., Northwestern, Radio-Television-Film (screenwriting and production).

Ambi Harsha, M.A., History, University of Madras; M. Phil., University of Madras; M.A., Dramatic Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara (drama).

Benjamin Zulueta, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, History (Asian American History).

Affiliated Faculty

Michael Berry, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)

Rudy Busto, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)

Jesus M. Casas, Ph.D. (Education)

Catherine Cole, Ph.D. (Dramatic Art)

G. Reginald Daniel, Ph.D. (Sociology)

Lawrence K. Fulbeck, M.F.A. (Art Studio)

Jin Sook Lee, Ph.D. (Education)

Shirley Lim, Ph.D. (English and Women's Studies)

Paul Spickard, Ph.D. (History)

John Wiemann, Ph.D. (Communication)

Mayfair Yang, Ph.D. (Anthropology)