Teaching interests: Asian American women, Asian American psychology, Asian American film and video, Research methods in Ethnic Studies, Introduction to Ethnic Studies, Asian American creative expressions, Asian Americans, imperialism & transnationalism, Asian American literature, Asian American sexuality

Research interests: suicide among Asian American women, race, gender, coloniality, imperial transnationalism

Brief biography: I earned my doctoral degree in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley and my bachelors degree in women's studies with a sociology concentration from Columbia University.  Before I joined the faculty at CSUF, I was a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA's Institute of American Cultures, Asian American Studies Center.  Currently, I serve on the CSUF Students of Concern, Suicide Prevention, and Vietnamese American Taskforces. When I'm not teaching Asian American Studies, I'm teaching and practicing Northern-style Shaolin martial arts, Guang Ping Yang Taiji, and Dayan Qigong.