In the wake of a mass shooting on Lunar New Year Eve, an essay about the multiethnic and multiracial histories … More
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24 Best Gifts for Frequent Travelers
A People’s Guide to Los Angeles made the New York Times/Wirecutter’s 2020 list of best gifts for travelers. When we … More
Against Empire: Taiwan, American Studies, and the Archipelagic
Chih-ming Wang and I coedited a timely forum, “Against Empire: Taiwan, American Studies, and the Archipelagic,” published in the current issue of … More
The Bold and Unruly Legacy of Chen Wen-Chen
July 2, 2021 Article published in New Bloom Magazine IT WAS THE summer of 1975. The two young Taiwanese men, Rocky … More
The Global, Imperial, and Capitalist Roots of ‘Anti-Asian Hate’
Published June 2021 in episteme issue 6: in the wake of the atlanta shooting: non/citizen perspectives on anti-asian racism and … More
In Rancho Santa Fe, We Were Orientals
June 10, 2021. Creative nonfiction essay published in Boom California. In 1986, when I was nine and my brother was … More
The Instant You Entered the Black Hole
June 2021 Creative nonfiction essay published in The Cincinnati Review Teh-chang came home a couple of days after the surgery, … More
Descanso Gardens honors Japanese Americans during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Good Day LA interviewed me, Japanese American family members, and Descanso Gardens staff about my research and our collective efforts … More
Past Due: LA Civic Memory Working Group Report and Recommendations
“We understand L.A. in the present as a multicultural city, but the dominant narrative of L.A. history is still a … More
Taiwanese/American Migration and Cold War Politics
This book project will be the first monograph on the political lives of Taiwanese migrants who came to the United … More
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