Curriculum Vitae
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1998 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Dissertation: “The Process of Becoming 1.5 Generation in Hawaii”
1994 M.A., Sociology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
1988 B.A., Sociology, University California, Davis
Experience
2006-present Vice chair of the Psychology and Sociology Department
2003-present California Polytechnic State University, Pomona.
Associate Professor, Psychology and Sociology Department (name changed from Behavioral Sciences Department) on sabbatical leave from 2005-2006.
Courses taught
· Introduction to Sociology
· Minority Communities
· Race and Ethnic Relations
· Social Problems
· Family as an Institution
· Self and Society
· Social Welfare and Policy
· Social Work Practice
· Impact of Colonization on the People of Hawaii
· Race and Racism in Hawaii
· Senior Seminar: Sociology of Asian American Studies
· Senior Seminar: Asian American Communities
· Senior Seminar: Navigating the Social Inequities: Impact of immigration, class, race, and globalization on gender and ethnic identity
· Korean American Diasporic Communitites
2005-2006 Fulbright senior scholar (Teaching and Research award) at Ewha Womans University, Korea
· Sociology of Asian American Studies
· Korean Americans in US and Hawaii
· Asian American Identities and Communities
· Graduate Sociology seminar: Minority communities: Race, Class, Gender and Globalization
2003-2004 Faculty Liaison for Community Outreach and Faculty associate, Administrative duties for the Dean of College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences. Responsibilities:
· Faculty Development
· Community Relations
· Research and Instructional Programming
· Diversity initiatives
· Assessment
· Curriculum development
· Faculty Orientation
· Freshmen Orientation
· Transfer Orientation
· Downtown Center (Cal Poly Community center and Art Gallery)
o After school program for Pomona area students 4-12 grades.
o Summer Academy: Literacy Through The Arts.
o Community Outreach coordinator search committee
1998-2003 Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences Department (dept. name changed in 2003 to Psychology and Sociology Department)
Sociology Department . Courses Taught:
· Introduction to Ethnic Studies
· Koreans in Hawaii
· Race and Racism in Hawaii
· Ethnic Identity
· Immigration and Migration
1995 Project Coordinator, “Ice Use among Asian Pacific Islander Women,” University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. PI Dr. Karen Joe
1994-1998 Teaching Assistant, Sociology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
1996-1997 Researcher, “Ice Use Among Pregnant Women in Hawai‘i”, School of Nursing, University of Hawai‘i. PI Dr. Karen Joe
1993-1996 Instructor, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
· Introduction to Sociology
· Race and Ethnic Relations
· Social Problems
· Marriage and Family
1994-1995 Research Assistant, Youth Gang Project, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. PIs Drs Meda Chesney-Lind and Karen Joe
1993-1994 Co-Principal Investigator, “Evaluation of Domestic Violence Treatment Programs in the State of Hawai‘i with Dr. David Chandler, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Books and Journals
2007 Transforming the Academy: People of Color, Queers, and Women in Higher Education. Co-editor with Brett Stockdill. UH PressForthcoming
2006 The Fulbright Review. Seoul, Korea: Fulbright Press Lead editor
2004 The 1.5 Generation: Becoming Korean American in Hawai‘i. Part of UCLA’s Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies series, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. University of Hawai‘i Press. 2004
2004 Asian American Issues coauthored with Franklin Ng. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 2004
Journal Articles
2007 “Korean American Transnational Lives” submitted to Ethnic and Race Relations Journal (October 2007)
2007 “Filipino Domestics in Korea: Impact on family, identity and community” submitted to International Migration Journal (October 2007)
2006 “Korean Identities: What does it mean to be Korean American in Korea?” Transaction Journal. Seoul, Korea: Royal Asiatic Journal (March 2006)
2002 Book Review “Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco” by Judy Yung. Berkeley UC Press, 1999. Journal of American Ethnic Studies. Spring 2002
2000 “1.5 Generation A Case Study of the Korean American Jaycee in Hawai‘i ." The Emerging Generation of Korean Americans Korean and Korean American Studies Bulletin. Vol 10 Nos. 1&2
Book chapters
2004 “No Lattés Here”: Asian American Youth and the Cyber Café Obsession in Asian American Youth Culture, edited by Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou. New York, New York: Routledge Press. 2004
2002 “The Construction and Transformation of the Korean American Community Among the 1.5 Generation in Hawai’i" in Intersections and Divergences Contemporary Asian American Communities edited by Linda Trinh Vo and Rick Bonus. Temple University Press. In press
1999 The Changing Korean American Family in Till Death Do Us Part: The Multi-ethnic Family, edited by Sandra Browning and Robin Miller. Cincinnati JAI
Book Reviews
2005 Book review “Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews olume 34, Number 5, September 2005 , pp. 487-489(3)
2002 Book Review "Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco" by Judy Yung. Berkeley UC Press, 1999. Journal of American Ethnic Studies. Spring
2001 Book Review “The Ilse First Generation Korean Immigrants in Hawai‘i, 1903-1973 by Wayne Patterson. Journal of Asian American Studies. Vol 5
2000 Book Review “Forever Foreigner or Honorary White?” by Mia Tuan in Contemporary Sociology Journal 29 851-852.
1997 Book Review "Los Angeles-Struggles Toward Multiethnic Community" by Edward T. Chang and Russell C. Leong in The Asian Pacific Migration Journal Vol. 6, No.2
1996 Book Review "Americanization, Acculturation, and Ethnic Identity The Nisei Generation in Hawai‘i " by Eileen H. Tamura in the Asian Pacific Migration Journal. Vol 5, No. 1
1994 With Chandler, David 1994. Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Treatment programs in the State of Hawai‘i. Honolulu. State of Hawai‘i Judiciary.
Encyclopedia contribution
2007 Association for Asian American Studies for Encyclopedia of Asian Americans, Greenwood Press
1999 Incorporation, Disassociation, Twice Migrants, Racial hierarchy, and Cultural Citizenship concepts defined and discussed in Racial and Ethnic Relations in America. Editors: Carl L. Bankston III, Carole A. Barrett, Kibibi Mack, Franklin Ng, William Osborne, Ranee K. L. Panjabi, William E. Pemberton, Maria E. Pérez y Gonzalez, and Gregory Walter. Salem Press
2007 Reviewed article on Asian American Youth for Sociological Perspective October
2007 Reviewed article on Korean American and Religion for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
2003 Americans All: Race and Ethnic Relations in Historical, Structural, and Comparative Perspectives 2nd Edition by Peter Kvisto and Wendy Ng. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company
2003 The Korean Frontier by Roberta Chang. Honolulu, Hawai‘i: University of Hawai‘i Press
2002 The Practice of Social Work, by Zastrow. Helping Professions.
Works in Progress
2007 Transforming the Academy with Brett Stockdill. Advanced Book contract with University of Hawaii Press
2006 Korean American Global Identities and Communitites: Transnational lives in Seoul.
Research Experience
2005-present Asian/Asian American Diasporic Communities in Korea
2005-2006 Filipino Domestic workers in Korea and Hong Kong
2002-present “Asian American Youth Needs Assessment in Orange County” with Dr. Linda Vo, UC Irvine and Ms. MaryAnne Foo, MPH, Director of Orange County Asian Pacific Island Alliance (OCAPICA).
1995-1998 “The Process of Becoming 1.5 Generation Korean American in Hawai‘i The Influence of Family and Community on Ethnic Identity” An ethnographic study
1996-1997 Researcher, “Ice Use Among Pregnant Women in Hawai‘i”, School of Nursing, University of Hawai‘i
1995-1998 Project Coordinator, "Ice use among Asian Pacific Islander women research" Department of Sociology, University of Hawai‘i.
1994 Research Assistant, "The Youth Gang Project", Office of Youth Services, University of Hawai‘i
1993-1994 Co-investigator, "Evaluation of the Judicial Pretrial Assistant Program", contracted through First Circuit Family Court
1993-1994 Co-investigator, "Evaluation of Domestic Violence Programs in the State of Hawai‘i ", contracted through the Hawai‘i Judiciary
1993-1994 Co-investigator, "Evaluation of the Kids First program", contracted through First Circuit Family Court
Academic Presentations
2007 “Filipino Domestics in Korea: Transformation of Korea’s Race Relations” in American Sociological Association Asia/Asian American section roundtable. New York, August 2007
2007 “Korean Diasporic Identities” at the Association for Asian American Studies conference in New York, April 2007
2007 “Pinays in Transition: Filipina Domestic Workers in Korea” in Globalization, Migration & Labor panel at the Pacific Sociological Association Meetings. Oakland, CA. March 31, 2007
2007 “Gyopos in Transition: Korean Americans Living in Korea” at Looking East: Locating Asian American in Asia. USC, April 20, 2007
2006 “Women, Queers, & Peole of Color Transforming the Academy” presented with Brett Stockdill in “The Politics of Race, Class and Gender in the Academy” (co-sponsored with the Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities) at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Montreal. Aug 11, 2006
2006 ‘Korean American Diaspora: Transcending Cultural Boundaries” in Asian Americans: Beyond Expected Communities panel at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Montreal. August 13, 2006
2006 “Filipino Domestic Workers in Korea and Seoul” in Filipino Labor, Global Frames panel at the Filipino American National Historical Society Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii June 29
2005 “Transforming the American Suburb: The Renaissance of Little Saigon and Koreatown” with Linda Vo in Sustaining Communities, Transforming Space, Constructing Memory panel at the National Association for Asian American Studies Conference in Los Angeles. April
2005 “Rethinking Immigrant and Refugee Families: Asian American Youth and Intergenerational Challenges” with Linda Vo, UC Irvine in Racial and Ethnic Minority Family Experiences panel presented at the Pacific Sociological Association meetings in Portland. April
2004 “Asian American Youths’ Cyber Obsession in Southern California” with Linda Vo, UC Irvine in Youth Culture/Juvenile Delinquency panel presented at the Pacific Sociological Association meetings in Los Angeles. April
2004 "Engaging Asian American Communities in Ethnography" in Asian American Research Methodologies panel at the National Association for Asian American Studies conference in Boston. April
2003 “’No Lattés Here’: Asian American Youth and the Cyber Café Obsession”
With Linda Vo, UC Irvine, in Forms and Practices of Contemporary Youth Culture Panel at the National Association for Asian American Studies conference in San Francisco. May
2003 “Challenging The Hegemony Of The Academy: Battling The Ism’s in Higher Education” in How to Survive the Academy: The Intersections of Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality panel at Pacific Sociological Association in Pasadena. April
2003 Issues Facing Asian American Communities Post-911
Co-Organizers: Linda Vo, UC Irvine and Mary Yu Danico, Cal Poly, Pomona Regional Asian American Studies conference. March
2003 “Asian American Youth Culture: The Cyber Cafe Obsession and the Construction of Ethnic Identities” in Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Paper Session. Unraveling the Complexity of Diversity, or America's Aversion to Cultural Identity panel at the American Sociological Association meetings in Anaheim. August
2002 “ Doing Community Research in Hawai‘i: Glitches, Hurdles, and Successes at the National Association for Asian American Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah
2002 “Transforming Orange County: Challenges Facing Asian American Communities” in Ethnicity and Immigration in the United States panel at the Pacific Sociological Association, Vancouver, Canada. April
2002 “Second Generation Ethnic Communities in the United States “ a discussant at the American Sociological Association in Chicago, Illinois. August
2002 Researchers and Asian Americans communities: Reciprocity, Trust, and Alliances co presented with Linda Vo, UC Irvine in panel “New Dilemmas for Asian American Community Research: Bridging Divides Between Research and Activism” at Violence, Activism, Agency Southern California Regional Conference for the Association for Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University. February
2001 Moderator for a special Asian and Asian American section panel of Asian Americans and Coalition building at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Anaheim California. August
2001 “Negotiating Race, Racism, and Sexism: Issues Facing API Women in Higher Education.” Roundtable at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Anaheim California. . August 2001,
2001 Moderator for panel on Korean immigrants at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Anaheim California. August
2001 “Koreamoku Are Us?” in Intersections and Divergences: What are the Boundaries of Asian American Communities?” at the National Association for Asian American Studies Conference in Toronto, Canada. March
2001 “What Should I Call You?” Working Within the Margins of the Classroom and Academia. Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education conference in San Francisco. April
2000 “Born in the USA Research on Children of Immigrants” panel discussant/moderator at the Pacific Sociological Association. March
1999 “Koreamoku Are Us?” presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference in Seattle. April
1999 “The Processual Development of 1.5 Korean American Ethnic Identity” presented at the National Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference in Philadelphia. March
1999 Immigration and Citizenship Panel discussant at the American Sociological Association in Chicago. August
1999 Citizenship and Asian American panel discussant at the Society for the Study of Social Problems conference in Chicago. August
1998 “The Future of Korean American Studies” panel chair/discussant at the National Association for Asian American Studies annual conference in Honolulu. May
1998 “1.5 and Second generation Asian Americans” panel chair/moderator at the National Association for Asian American Studies annual conference in Honolulu. May
1997 "The Process of Becoming 1.5" presented at the National Association for Asian American Studies annual conference in Seattle. April
1997 "Generational Identity Construction among 1.5 generation Korean Americans in Hawai‘i " presented at the Second International Conference on Contemporary Diaspora: Beyond Diaspora from the Global Perspective Focusing on Asia Pacific, University of Tsukuba, Japan. March
1997 Chair of "Revisiting the LA riots 5 years after panel" for the Association for National Asian American Studies conference in Seattle. April
1996 Moderator for panel on "Family and Youth in Hawai‘i" at the Hawai‘i Sociological Association Annual Conference. March
1995 "Surviving Love in a Patriarchal Society" presented at the Pacific Sociological Association meeting in San Francisco. April
1994 "Evaluation Issues in Studying Domestic Violence Treatment Programs" presented at the Hawai‘i Sociological Association Annual Conference. March
Invited Lectures
2007 Korean American Diasporic Identities: Surviving Seoul hosted by the President’s council on diversity at University of Hawaii at Manoa
2006 Korean Americans and Identity Formation Invited speaker at the US Embassy’s “American Corner” 2nd anniversary celebration in Busan, Korea. February
2005 The 1.5 Generations in Korea Invited speaker at the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea. October
2005 The 1.5 Generation: Becoming Korean American in Hawai‘i invited speaker at UC Irvine multicultural center keynote speaker series and book signing. April
2004 The 1.5 Generation Invited speaker at the Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and book signing. April
2004 The 1.5 Generation Invited speaker and book signing at Border’s Bookstore in Honolulu, Hawaii
2004 The 1.5 Generation Invited speaker and book signing at Barns and Nobel Bookstore in Honolulu, Hawaii
2004 “Fighting for Social Justice” Invited speaker at Cal Poly Pomona Renaissance Scholar’s Summer Bridge final program. July
2003 “Internalized Stereotypes of Korean Americans in Hawai‘i” Invited speaker at UC Irvine book signing panel of Intersections and Divergence” March
2003 “Power, Privilege and Access” Invited speaker at the California Agricultural Leadership Program, Mellowest, February
2002 The Isms: What Are They and How Do They Affect Us? Invited speaker at the California Agricultural Leadership Program, Kellogg West. February
2002 “Issues Facing Asian Americans post 9-11” at the Aliso Dorms California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. April
2002 Facilitator for the plenary session on post 9-11 at The Inland Valley Conference at Pomona College. May
2001 “Korean American 1.5 Generation.” Invited speaker at San Francisco State University. Sponsored by the Asian American Studies Department. April
2001 “Negotiating Generational Boundaries 1.5ers in Hawai‘i.” Invited speaker at Duke University. Sponsored by the History Department and the Asian Pacific Institute. March
2001 “Asian American Women in Higher Education.” Invited speaker at the Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference at UC Irvine. February
2001 “Privilege, Power, and Access” invited speaker at the California Agricultural Leadership Conference at Kellogg West. Sponsored by California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Agricultural Department. February
2000 The 1.5 Generation. Invited speaker at the Center for Korean Studies conference On Korean Americans in Hawai‘i. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies. February
1999 “I didn’t like being Korean.” The impact of Stereotypes on Korean American 1.5 Generation in Hawai‘i.” Invited speaker at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Sponsored by the President’s Diversity Grant and the Student Equity, Education, and Diversity office. March
1997 "Korean American 1.5 Generation". Speaker at the Korean American Student Conference at Oberlin University. Sponsored by the Korean American Student Association. February
Conference and Panel Organization
2007-2008 Conference organizer for US Policy in Korea: Bridging the Academy and Community to US Policy toward Korean Reunification at UC Berkeley. Cosponsored by Korean Policy Institute and College of International Studies at UC Berkeley
2007 Program co-chair for the 2009 AAAS conference in Honolulu Hawaii
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