AMERICAN STUDIES

Teri Ann Bengiveno
American Studies
San Jose State University
Teri Ann Bengiveno is a scholar of American studies, gender studies, and women's studies and is co-chair of the National Women's Studies Women's Spirituality Task Force. Find out more·

Soo-Young Chin
Anthropology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Soo-Young Chin is a scholar of Asian American studies and oral history and curated the ReViewing Our Past: Finding Family Stories exhibit at the Korean American Museum. Find out more·

David Dunaway
English
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
David Dunaway is a scholar of English and oral history and produced the radio program on Aldous Huxley's Brave New Worlds. Find out more·

Paul Espinosa
Espinosa Productions
San Diego
Paul Espinosa is an independent filmmaker who specializes in making documentary and dramatic films focused on the US-Mexico border region. Find out more·

Kip Fulbeck
Art Studio
University of California, Santa Barbara
Kip Fulbeck is an artist and cultural scholar specializing in Asian American studies and multiracial identity. Find out more·

Anthea Marie Hartig
History
University of California, Riverside
Anthea Hartig is a scholar of California studies and architectural history, specializing in the historic build environment, and has given numerous lectures on the citrus culture of Southern California. Find out more·

Kevin Hearle
San Mateo
Kevin Hearle is a scholar of literature and California studies and has written articles and given lectures on John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Find out more·

William Henry Issel
History
San Francisco State University
William Issel is a scholar of California political culture and local history and is co-author of San Francisco, Politics, Power and Urban Development. Find out more·

Linda L. Ivey
History
Trinity-in-San Francisco
Linda Ivey is a scholar of multiculturalism and the environment and co-authored a web-based high school curriculum project called "A Student Guide to the First Amendment". Find out more·

Elaine H. Kim
Asian American Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Elaine Kim is a scholar of Asian American women's literature and visual art and is the co-editor of Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women. Find out more·

David Morris Kipen
San Francisco Chronicle
David Kipen is the book editor for the San Francisco Chronicle and a steering committee member of the California Studies Association. Find out more·

Harlan Lewin
Political Science
San Diego State University
Harlan Lewin is a scholar of political science and participated in the public radio program "The Days" on California politics. Find out more...

Susan Lobo
Intertribal Friendship House
American Indian Center
Susan Lobo is a scholar of Native American cultures and urban studies and is the author of Pride of Place: Bay Area Urban Indian Communities. Find out more·

Doyce B. Nunis, Jr.
History
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Doyce Nunis is a scholar of California history, particularly the Gold Rush era, and is the editor of El Presidio de San Francisco: A History Under Spain and Mexico. Find out more·

John William Ott
Art History
University of California, Los Angeles
John Ott is a scholar of art history and Victorian California and is the author of "Art of the Gold Rush," an article in the Pacific Historical Review. Find out more·

Stephen Joseph Pitti
History and American Studies
Yale University
Connecticut
Stephen Pitti is a scholar of California history, specializing in Chicano history and farmworker labor. Find out more·

Maria Sarita See
English and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
New York
Maria See is a scholar of literature and ethnic studies and is currently working on her Ph.D. dissertation on postcolonial identity and trauma in Filipino/American literature and art. Find out more·

Arijit H. Sen
Architecture
University of California, Berkeley
Arijit Sen is a scholar of architectural history, specializing in ethnic identity and urban Indian buildings. Find out more·

Denise S. Spooner
History
California State University, Northridge
Denise Spooner is a scholar of California history, specializing in Southern California, and is the author of "'Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars': Migration, Politics, and the Growth of Suburban Southern California in the Post-War Years," an article in 20th Century Los Angeles: Power, Promotion and Social Conflict. Find out more·

Susan O'Neal Stryker
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society
San Francisco
Susan Stryker is a scholar of history and community identity and co-authored Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. Find out more·

Robert Michael Urstein
American Studies and English
San Francisco University High School
Robert Urstein is a scholar of American studies and has lectured on multiculturalism and the role of community in American life. Find out more·

Jessica Weiss
History
California State University, Hayward
Jessica Weiss is a scholar of postwar American history and is the author of To Have and To Hold: Marriage, the Baby Boom, and Social Change. Find out more·

Corinne Shear Wood
Anthropology
Cabrillo Community College, Aptos
Corinne Shear Wood is a scholar of anthropology and is the author of Human Sickness and Health: A Biocultural View. Find out more·