People Directory

Name Job title Department Role Research interests
Ida Yalzadeh Assistant Professor Ethnic Studies, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Faculty

I am currently at work on a book project that focuses on the racialized experience of Iranian foreign nationals from 1953 to 2001. Bridging diplomatic history and Asian American Studies, it makes the case for understanding racial projects as transnational, imperial processes with lingering...
Ariko Ikehara Alumni
Jeannie Imazumi Financial Services Administrator Staff
Ramya Janandharan Alumni
Pilar Jefferson Student
Sine Hwang Jensen Asian American Studies Librarian/ Comparative Ethnic Studies Librarian Staff
Jessica Jiang Student
Laura Jimenez-Olvera Undergraduate Major Advisor Staff
Priya Kandaswamy Associate Professor/Department Head Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at Mills College Alumni
Sara Kaplan Associate Professor Ethnic Studies Department at UC San Diego Alumni
Sara Clarke Kaplan Associate Professor Ethnic Studies Department at UC San Diego Alumni
Kathleen Whiteley Ethnic Studies Faculty

Prof. Whiteley’s research focuses on Native American history in California from the nineteenth century to the present, with particular emphasis on the social, legal, and gendered dimensions of Indigenous North America.

Selected publications and projects:

  • Justice in the
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Gary Kawaguchi Professor Department at Pannasastra University of Cambodia Alumni
Arlene Keizer Associate Professor English Department at UC Irvine Alumni
Ina Kelleher Assistant Professor Department of Humanities & Philosophy Contra Costa College Alumni
Tala Khanmalek Postdoctoral Fellow American Studies Department at Princeton University Alumni
Elaine Kim Professor of the Graduate School Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Emeriti

Asian American literary and cultural studies, Asian and Asian American Feminist Studies, Korean American Studies
Jason Kim Digital Content Director Department at Parallax Press Alumni
Jodi Kim Associate Professor Ethnic Studies Department at UC Riverside Alumni
Joon Kim Associate Professor Ethnic Studies Department at University of Colorado Boulder Alumni