The Asian American Studies instructional faculty consists of seventeen ladder-rank members and many contractual lecturers. They are experts in Asian American Studies, and their professional qualifications represent a diverse range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary specialization-Asian area studies, gender studies, creative writing, fine arts, education, history, law, literature, public/community health, and social and behavioral sciences (anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, sociology, psychology, etc.).

Professors (year first appointed)
Begonia, Danilo (1970); MA, San Francisco State University
Chan, Jeffery Paul (1968); MA, San Francisco State University; Emeritus
Chew, Laureen (1981); EdD, University of the Pacific
Dong, Lorraine (1987); PhD, University of Washington
Hom, Marlon K. (1986); PhD, University of Washington; Department Chair
Kobashigawa, Ben (1986); PhD, University of Edinburgh
Woo, George K. (1970); BA, San Francisco State University; Emeritus

Associate Professors (year first appointed)
Gonzales, Daniel P. (1971); JD, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Jeung, Russell (2002); PhD, University of California at Berkeley
Yoo, Grace (1996); PhD, University of California at San Francisco

Assistant Professors (year first appointed)
Dariotis, Wei Ming (1999); PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara
Le, Mai Nhung (1997); PhD, University of California at Berkeley
Pelaud, Isabelle Thuy (2001); PhD, University of California at Berkeley
Tintiangco-Cubales, Allyson (2000); PhD, University of California at Los Angeles
Vergara, Benito M. (1999); PhD, Cornell University

Contractual Long-term Faculty (Lecturers)(year first appointed)
Collier, Malcolm (1980); MA, San Francisco State University; Emeritus
Fung, Robert A., Esq. (1990); JD, New College of California School of Law
Leung, Vitus C.W. (1995); PhC, University of California at Berkeley
Mar, Eric, Esq. (1997); JD, New College of California School of Law
Soe, Valerie (1996); MFA, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
Ta, Minh Hoa (1994); EdD, University of San Francisco

Adjunct Faculty
Philip P. Choy, Historian
Him Mark Lai, Historian
Pui-chee Leung, Principal, Cumberland Chinese School
Zheng Dehua, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Macau