Department of Asian American Studies

Name	Area of Emphasis	Contact Information
Lalaie Ameeriar Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Stanford University, Anthropology critical studies of globalization, transnationalism, diaspora, multiculturalism, race and ethnicity, labor studies and feminist studies	lalaie.ameeriar@asamst.ucsb.edu Hours: by appointment Office: HSSB 5032
Sucheng Chan Professor Emeritus	Ph.D., Berkeley, Political Science immigration history, contemporary community issues
Diane C. Fujino Professor Chair	Ph.D., UCLA, Psychology Asian American social movements, Japanese American radicalism, Afro-Asian solidarities, race and gender studies, and biography and oral history	fujino@asamst.ucsb.edu Hours: M 1:00 - 3:00 pm Office: HSSB 5040 (805) 893-2960
Ambi Harsha Lecturer	M.A., History, University of Madras M. Phil., University of Madras M.A., Dramatic Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara	harsha-a@sa.ucsb.edu Hours: M 12:15 - 1:15 pm W 3:00 - 4:00 pm Office: HSSB 5046
erin Khue Ninh Associate Professor	PhD, Berkeley, English Asian American and comparative ethnic literatures, literary studies, women's literature, feminist studies, cultural studies family and intergenerational conflict, power and subject formation, gender and the embodied subject, mental health	ninh@asamst.ucsb.edu Office: 5036 HSSB (805) 893-8370
Sameer Pandya Lecturer	Ph.D., Stanford, Modern Thought and Literature	pandya@asamst.ucsb.edu Hours: T 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Office: HSSB 5038
John S. W. Park Associate Professor	Ph.D., Berkeley, Jurisprudence and Social Policy M.P.P., Harvard immigration law and policy, race theory, political theory and public law	jswpark@asamst.ucsb.edu Hours: M 9:00 am - 11:00 pm Office: HSSB 5050 (805) 893-8573
Celine Parreñas Shimizu Professor	Ph.D., Stanford University, Modern Thought and Literature M.F.A., UCLA, Film Production and Directing 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) 893-3408
Xiaojian Zhao Professor	U.S. history, Asian-American history, immigration, family, gender, and law	xiaojian@asamst.ucsb.edu Hours: T 3:00 - 4:00 pm W 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Office: HSSB 5030 (805) 893-2825
Benjamin Zulueta Lecturer	Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, History (Asian American History)	zulueta@asamst.ucsb.edu Office: HSSB 5046