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
Michael Berry Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Rudy Busto Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Sucheng Chan Professor Emeritus	Ph.D., Berkeley, Political Science immigration history, contemporary community issues
Catherine Cole Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (Dramatic Art)
G. Reginald Daniel Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (Sociology)
Diane C. Fujino Associate 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 (805) 893-2960
Lawrence K. Fulbeck Affiliated Faculty	M.F.A. (Art Studio)
Elizabeth Guerrero Undergraduate Advisor		guerrero@asamst.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8039
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
Jin Sook Lee Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (Education)
Pei-te Lien Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (American Politics, Asian American Politics)
Shirley Lim Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (English and Women's Studies)
erin Khue Ninh Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Berkeley, English Asian American literature and literary studies, feminist studies and women's literature, ethnic literature, cultural studies	ninh@asamst.ucsb.edu Office: 5036 HSSB (805) 893-8370
Sameer Pandya Lecturer	Ph.D., Stanford, Modern Thought and Literature	pandya@asamst.ucsb.edu
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 (805) 893-8573
Arlene Phillips Business Officer	B.A., Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Business Management, Antioch University, SB	phillips@asamst.ucsb.edu (805) 893-2371
Celine Parreñas Shimizu Associate 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
Paul Spickard Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (History)
Mayfair Yang Affiliated Faculty	Ph.D. (East Asian Studies and Religious Studies)
Xiaojian Zhao Professor	U.S. history, Asian-American history, immigration, family, gender, and law	xiaojian@asamst.ucsb.edu (805) 893-2825
Benjamin Zulueta Lecturer	Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, History (Asian American History)	zulueta@asamst.ucsb.edu