Asian American
Studies
 
 
Faculty

As diverse as the Asian American Studies major itself, AAS professors come from a wide range of deparments, and have expertise in a variety of fields. Click on the professor's picture or name to learn more about their research interests and publications.

Anthony Antonio
Associate Professor of Education
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Antonio's research investigates the impact that increasing racial and cultural diversity is having on higher education and he is specifically interested in socialization in multicultural environments and the role that campus diversity plays in the civic development of students.
David Palumbo-Liu
Director of AAS
Professor of Comparative Literature
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Office: 260-229
Palumbo-Liu's fields of interest include social and cultural criticism, literary theory and criticism, East Asian and Asia Pacific American studies. Palumbo-Liu was recruited to Stanford to help establish Asian American Studies, and was one of the founding faculty members of CSRE.
Pamela Lee
Professor of Art & Art History
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Lee's research focuses on Modern and contemporary art and theory and criticism.
Jean Ma
Assistant Professor of Art & Art History
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Ma specializes in studying Chinese cinema; historiography and media; and gender and sexuality.
Stephen Sano
Associate Professor of Music
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Office: Braun Music Center, room 120
Sano's interests include Hawaiian choral music, the music of Queen Lili'uokalani, ki ho'alu (Hawaiian slack key guitar) and North American Taiko (Japanese American drumming).
Stephen Sohn
Assistant Professor of English
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Office: 460-422
Sohn, the newest Asian American Studies professor, studies Asian American literature. He also co-chairs The Circle for Asian American Literary Studies (CAALS), a literature society affiliated with the American Literature Association.
Jeanne L. Tsai
Associate Professor of Psychology
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Office: 420-171
Tsai's research examines how cultural ideas and practices shape the emotions that people actually feel, emotions that people want to feel, and the implications these processes have for mental health and well-being across the life span.
Linda Uyechi
Lecturer of Music
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Uyechi has research interests in taiko, language in the Asian American community, and signed languages. Her current focus is on the history and development of taiko in North America.
Barbara Voss
Associate Professor of Anthropology
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Office: Bldg 50
Voss is a historical archaeologist whose research investigates the dynamics and outcomes of transnational cultural encounters in colonial and early industrial North America.
Christine Min Wotipka
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Education
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Office: School of Education, 315
Wotipka’s research interests include women and science, international human rights, globalization, and higher education. Her current projects examine female faculty and early education programs cross-nationally.
Sylvia Yanagisako
Professor of Anthropology
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Yanagisako is currently conducting an ethnographic study of transnational capitalism among Italian and Chinese textile and garment manufacturers in the Shanghai area of China and Italy. She was the Chair of CASA from 1998-2001.