Dr. Ketih Camacho Appointed to Faculty of the Department of Asian American Studies

The UCLA Asian American Studies Department and Center are very pleased to announce that Dr. Keith Camacho has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the department, effective July 1, 2006. Professor Camacho, who is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Guam, received his Ph.D. in History and his M.A. in Pacific Islands Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his B.A. from the University of Guam. Before joining the UCLA faculty, he will spend six months as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Professor Camacho's scholarship and teaching interests cover important research topics within Pacific Islander Studies such as colonialism and decolonization, militarism, migration, and tourism, and he uses research methods ranging from those used in history, cultural studies and ethnography to postcolonial criticism. His dissertation at the University of Hawaii at Manoa was entitled,  "Cultures of Commemoration: The Politics of War, Memory, and History in the Mariana Islands". At UCLA, he will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Pacific Islander Studies, research methods, and other topics.

Professor Camacho's appointment represents a significant commitment by Asian American Studies at UCLA to expand the study of Pacific Islanders in its curriculum, research mission and community partnerships.