Staff and Faculty

Staff

Name	Contact
Teresa Toguchi Swartz Director, Asian American Studies Associate Professor Department of Sociology	778 Social Sciences Building 612-626-1862 tswartz@umn.edu

CLA Core Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialties
Jigna Desai Professor Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies	425 Ford Hall 612-624-0363 desai003@umn.edu	Asian American literature and media, feminist theory, postcolonial studies, queer/sexuality studies, South Asian diasporas, critical disability studies, autism, neuronormativity
Kale B Fajardo Associate Professor Department of American Studies	104 Scott Hall 612-626-7646 kfajardo@umn.edu	Philippine studies, Filipino/a American studies, Asian/Asian American studies, American studies, masculinity studies, gender studies, feminist studies, queer studies, migration/immigration/transnationalism/ diasporas/globalization, maritime studies, Pacific World, port cities
Karen Ho Associate Professor Department of Anthropology	395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center karenho@umn.edu	Cultural studies of finance capital; finance, globalization, and capitalism; ethnography; feminist studies; political economy; United States; comparative race and ethnicity
Erika Lee Professor Department of History Director of Immigration History Research Center	Andersen Library Suite 311 612-625-5573 erikalee@umn.edu	Migration, race, and ethnicity; Asian Americans; 20th-century United States; law and public policy
Josephine Lee Professor Department of English, Department of American Studies	310D Lind Hall 612-625-9510 jolee@umn.edu	Dramatic literature, theater history, performance studies Asian American studies
Mai Na Lee Associate Professor Department of History	937 Heller Hall 612-625-6124 mainalee@umn.edu	Southeast Asia, highland Southeast Asian studies, Southeast Asian American/Hmong communities
Richard Lee Professor Department of Psychology	N563 Elliott Hall 612-625-6357 richlee@umn.edu	Counseling psychology, prevention science, ethnic minority mental health, international adoption, individual differences, Asian American studies
Martin F. Manalansan Professor Department of American Studies	72 Pleasant St SE Rm 104 612-624-4190 manal016@umn.edu	Sexuality and gender, race and ethnicity, immigration and globalization, cities and modernity, affect, senses and embodiment, food and culture, science and technology studies, critical theory, Filipino global diaspora, Asian Americans, Southeast Asia, Philippines
Yuichiro Onishi Associate Professor Department of African American & African Studies	808 Social Sciences 612-624-9847 ohni0001@umn.edu	Black radicalism and internationalism, African American history, transnational American studies, critical race studies, Asian American studies
Elliott Powell Associate Professor Department of American Studies	104 Scott Hall ehpowell@umn.edu	American popular music and culture, critical race theory and comparative ethnic studies, feminist and queer studies, African American and Asian American studies, music and politics, music and globalization, jazz, hip hop, sound studies
Kari Smalkoski Assistant Professor Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies	414 Ford Hall smal0009@umn.edu	Masculinity, gender and identity, education and political economy, LGBTQ youth as well as youth sports and social capital.
Moin Syed Professor Department of Psychology	N567 Elliott Hall 612-625-9501 moin@umn.edu	Identity development among culturally and ethnically diverse youth, intersections among multiple identities, educational and career pathways, narrative psychology
Teresa Toguchi Swartz Associate Professor Department of Sociology	933 Social Sciences Building 612-626-1862 tswartz@umn.edu	Families; intergenerational relations; social inequality; Asian American studies; gender; welfare state; children, youth, and young adulthood

Affiliate Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialties
Vichet Chhuon Associate Professor of Culture and Teaching College of Education & Human Development	359 Peik Hall 612-625-4331 vichet@umn.edu	Motivation, urban education, racial and ethnic identities, adolescent development, school connectedness, immigrant youth, Asian American studies
Bic Ngo Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education and Human Development	350A Peik Hall 612-625-7520 bcngo@umn.edu	Culturally relevant pedagogy, urban and multicultural education, immigrant education