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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.).

2009 Asian American Studies Faculty

Note: Year in parentheses indicates when faculty was first appointed either as lecturer
          or tenure/tenure track faculty.

Professors
Danilo Begonia (1970) - MA, San Francisco State University; AAS Chair, 1972-75;
     School of Ethnic Studies; Acting Director/Dean, 1976-78
Laureen Chew (1981) - EdD, University of the Pacific; College of Ethnic Studies Associate Dean,
     2006-present
Lorraine Dong (1987) - PhD, University of Washington; AAS Chair, 2008-present
Marlon K. Hom (1986) - PhD, University of Washington; AAS Chair, 1993-2008
Ben Kobashigawa (1986) - PhD, University of Edinburgh
Grace J. Yoo (1996) - PhD, University of California at San Francisco

Associate Professors
Daniel Phil Gonzales (1971) - JD, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Russell Jeung (2002) - PhD, University of California at Berkeley
Mai-Nhung Le (1997) - DrPH, University of California at Berkeley
Isabelle Thuy Pelaud (2001) - PhD, University of California at Berkeley
Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales (2000) - PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

Assistant Professors
Wei Ming Dariotis (1999) - PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara
Valerie Soe (1996) - MFA, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
Wesley Ueunten (2002) - PhD, University of California at Berkeley

Approved Tenure/Tenure Track Searches to Be Filled
Specialist in Asian American Family, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Specialist in Chinese American Studies
Specialist in Chinese-Vietnamese American Studies

Lecturers
Darren Lee Brown (2003) - MA and BA in AAS, San Francisco State University
Irene Faye Duller (2008) - MA in AAS, San Francisco State University
Robert A. Fung, Esq. (1990) - JD, New College of California School of Law
Betty Kano (1999) - MFA, University of California at Berkeley
Gordon Lee, Esq. (2007) - PhD, Pacifica Graduate Institute; JD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Minh-Hoa Ta (1994) - EdD, University of San Francisco
Alice Tam (2008) - MA and BA in AAS, San Francisco State University
Jeannie Woo (2003) - MA in AAS, San Francisco State University

Adjunct Faculty
Philip P. Choy (1969) - BA, University of California at Berkeley
Him Mark Lai (1969) - BSME, University of California at Berkeley
Dehua Zheng - PhD, University of Hong Kong

Emeritus Faculty
Jeffery Paul Chan (1968) - MA, San Francisco State University;
     AAS Coordinator/Chair, 1970-72; 1975-1984
Malcolm Collier (1980) - MA, San Francisco State University
James A. Hirabayashi (1959) - PhD, Harvard University; AAS Coordinator/Chair, 1969-70;
     School of Ethnic Studies Director/Dean, 1970-76
George Kee Woo (1970) - BA, San Francisco State University;
     AAS Chair, 1984-1993

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