Seeing Our Lives: Research Projects
Research Projects


Through research grants and contracts, the Center conducts research on a variety of topics with an emphasis on projects that have policy or community relevance. Current and past projects and related reports can be found here.


A Study of Asian American and Pacific Islander Home Ownership Behavior, funded by National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development (CAPACD)


Shedding Light on Homelessness Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, funded by the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREA)


Past Projects

US-China Media Brief

The Color of Wealth

The role of race, ethnicity and tribal enrolment on asset accumulation: an examination of American Indian tribal nations

Ethnically bounded homeownership: qualitative insights on Los Angeles immigrant homeowners' experiences during the U.S. Great Recession

The Foreclosure Crisis in Los Angeles

Pathways to Trouble: Homeowners and the Foreclosure Crisis in Los Angeles Ethnic Communities

Wealth Roller Coaster: Race, Place, and the Foreclosure Crisis in Los Angeles

A Narrative Report of the Asian American Population and Asset-building Trends of California

A Narrative Report of the Asian American Population and Asset-building Trends of Illinois

A Narrative Report of the Asian American Population and Asset-building Trends of Oklahoma

A Narrative Report of the Asian American Population and Asset-building Trends of Texas

A Narrative Report of the Asian American Population and Asset-building Trends of Southeast Region

Asian American Homeownership and Foreclosure in East San Gabriel Valley: An Analysis of a Los Angeles County Community

Affordable Housing Challenges in Historic Filipinotown (PDF)

2013 Report on the State of Cambodia Town (PDF)

The State of Chinatown Los Angeles (PDF)

Sawtelle Japantown: The Trajectory of Japanese American Neighborhoods (Report 1 PDF)

Sawtelle Japantown: Asian Neighborhoods and Official Designation (Report 2 PDF)

Sawtelle Japantown: Preserving Ethnic Neighborhoods through Cultural Institutions (Report 3 PDF)

Sawtelle Japantown: Neighborhood Planning in Los Angeles Asian Neighborhoods (Report 4 PDF)



Supported Research Projects

The Center supports research projects through Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Research Grants awarded annually. Current and past recipients can be found here.


2018-19

SHIRLEY HUNE AWARDEE


Megan Baker, Graduate Student, Anthropology

Research Title: Chahta, Nahullo, Lusa (Choctaw, White and Black): Sovereignty and Racial Formations in Southeastern Oklahoma.



RESEARCH GRANT AWARDEES - Faculty and Staff


Maylei Blackwell, Chicana and Chicano Studies/American Indian Studies

Marcus Hunter, African American Studies/Sociology

Paul Kroskrity, Anthropology/American Indian Studies

Kyle Mays, African American Studies/American Indian Studies

Ellen Scott, Film, Television and Digital Media/Cinema and Media Studies

Renee Tajima, Asian American Studies

Lorrie Yokley, Political Science



RESEARCH GRANT AWARDEES - Graduate Students


Sharee Anzaldo, Nursing

Megan Baker, Anthropology

Chantiri Duran Resendiz, Chicana and Chicano Studies

Aruna Ekanayake, Film and Television

Kylie Gemmell, American Indian Studies

James Huynh, Asian American Studies/Public Health

Chantal Jones, Education

Joelle Julien, Anthropology

Tamar Kodish, Psychology

Iara Mantenuto, Linguistics

Preston McBride, History

AnMarie Mendoza, American Indian Studies

Edward Nadurata, Asian American Studies

Mike Hoa Nguyen, Education

Josephine Faith Ong, Asian American Studies

Gabriela Rodriguez-Gomez, Chicana and Chicano Studies

Christine Samuel-Nakamura, Nursing

Rafael Solorzano, Chicana and Chicano Studies

Adria Tinnin, Political Science

Bryan Wilcox, Statistics/Political Science