The Department of Ethnic Studies UC Berkeley

We are excited to share that Dr. Wayne Silao Jopanda, a 2014 UC Berkeley’s Ethnic Studies undergraduate alumnus, has joined San Jose State University as an Assistant Professor in Asian American Studies. 

Dr. Jopanda earned his PhD in Cultural Studies from UC Davis studying the continuous impact of U.S. Colonial Education in early 1900’s Philippines on current day Filipinx college students and migrant teachers in the United States. He served as a co-founder and Associate Director for the Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies—a national community-centered scholar activist research center dedicated to advancing knowledge and advocacy amongst Filipinx communities. He is also the co-founder of the Brokada Filipinx Mens Healing Circle. 

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jopanda on this exciting new chapter of his career. For those who would like to connect, build community, and collaborate, feel free to reach out to Wayne at wayne.jopanda@sjsu.edu.

Congratulations, Dr. Jopanda!