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Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC): 2025-26

UCLA has the largest and most diverse faculty in Asian American Studies in the nation, with nearly sixty professors who teach and undertake research on Asian Pacific Americans from disciplines ranging from History to Urban Planning, and Literature to Public Health.



Faculty Advisory Committee Chair


Purnima Mankekar

Jennifer J. Chun (Asian American Studies, Labor Studies)

Email jjchun@asianam.ucla.edu



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Ju Hui Judy Han

Ju Hui Judy Han (Gender Studies)

Email judyhan@ucla.edu

Grace Hong

Grace Hong (Asian American Studies, Gender Studies)

Email gracehongucla@gmail.com

Nour Joudah

Nour Joudah (Asian American Studies)

Email nourjoudah@g.ucla.edu

Jerry Kang

Jerry Kang (Law)

Email kang@law.ucla.edu

Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim

Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim (Community Health Sciences)

Email benitebk@ucla.edu

Gina Kim

Gina Kim (Film, Television, and Digital Media)

Email ginakim@tft.ucla.edu

Vinay Lal

Vinay Lal (History, Asian American Studies)

Email vlal@history.ucla.edu

Anna Lau

Anna S. Lau (Psychology, Asian American Studies)

Email alau@psych.ucla.edu

Evyn Le Espiritu Gandhi

Evyn Le Espiritu Gandhi (Asian American Studies)

Email elegandhi@ucla.edu

Rachel Lee

Rachel Lee (English, Gender Studies)

Email rlee@humnet.ucla.edu

Summer Kim

Summer Kim Lee (English)

Email summerkimlee@ucla.edu





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