Current Faculty
Buenavista, Tracy
(2007) Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 2000, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. 2002, San Francisco State University; M.A. 2003, Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Los Angeles.
Chen, Edith W.
(2001) Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1989, University of Texas, Austin; M.A. 1992, Ph.D. 1998, University of California, Los Angeles.
Hattori, Tomo
(2011) Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1988, University of Toronto; M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1994, McMaster University.
Lai, Clement K.
(2011) Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1991, Pomona College; M.A. 1997, Ph.D. 2006, University of California, Berkeley.
Makhijani, Simmy
(2021) Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1994, Pennsylvania State University; M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2015, California Institute of Integral Studies.
Masequesmay, Gina
(2001) Department Chair of Asian American Studies; Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1991, Pomona College; M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 2001, University of California, Los Angeles.
Shrake, Eunai
(2002) Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1977, M.A. 1984, Presbyterian College; Th.M. 1990, Austin Presbyterian Seminary; Ph.D. 1996, University of California, Los Angeles.
Warren, Joyce Pualani
(2023) Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 2007, M.A. 2012, Ph.D. 2017, University of California, Los Angeles.
Williams León, Teresa
(1996) Director of American Indian Studies Program; Professor of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1986, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; M.A. 1989, M.A. 1991, Ph.D. 1997, University of California, Los Angeles.
Emeriti
De La Cruz, Enrique
(2000) Professor Emeritus of Asian American Studies. B.A. 1964, University of the Philippines; Ph.D. 1974, University of California, Los Angeles.
Omatsu, Glenn K.
(1995) Lecturer Emeritus in Asian American Studies. B.A. 1971, University of California, Santa Cruz.