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Power Bargain

Power Bargain

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Christina Ong

Christina Ong

dr. christina ong (she/her) is a postdoctoral scholar in Asian and Asian American Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She obtained her PhD in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2024. Her research uncovers how diasporas create community through place-based activism and art production. Her current work chronicles the impact of the Basement Workshop (1969-1986), the first pan-Asian political and arts organization active in Manhattan’s Chinatown.

dr. christina ong (she/her) is a postdoctoral scholar in Asian and Asian American Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She obtained her PhD in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2024. Her research uncovers how diasporas create ... Show more

Dheeraj Shyam

Dheeraj Shyam

I am from a upper middle class family. My passion is computer science and mainly in the field of blockchain and operating systems.

I am from a upper middle class family. My passion is computer science and mainly in the field of blockchain and operating systems. Show more

Harleen Kochar

Harleen Kochar

Literacy Warrior and Fitness Nerd.

Literacy Warrior and Fitness Nerd. Show more

AJ Kim

AJ Kim

AJ Kim is an Associate Professor in the School Public Affairs at San Diego State University, and the incoming Graduate Coordinator for the City Planning Dept. Dr. Kim’s research is focused on immigrant participation in the informal economy and ethnic labor markets, and broader issues of urban inequality. They have partnered with Los Angeles, Atlanta, and San Diego area municipalities and NGOs on planning for equity, with a focus on community practices for planning that increase civic engagement, community health outcomes, and improve integration of immigrant and refugee residents. They have degrees in Gender and Feminist Studies (B.A), Ethnic Studies (M.A.) and Urban Planning (UCLA, Ph.D.)

AJ Kim is an Associate Professor in the School Public Affairs at San Diego State University, and the incoming Graduate Coordinator for the City Planning Dept. Dr. Kim’s research is focused on immigrant participation in the informal economy and ethnic... Show more

Keren Zou

Keren Zou

Keren Zou (she/her) is a second-year History Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley specializing in North American history, with research interests in U.S. immigration history, comparative histories of race and ethnicity, Asian American history, and Trans-Pacific studies. Her research focuses on the transnational connections of economics, capital, and culture between the U.S. and East Asia during the period broadly known as "Asian Exclusion" (1882-1943).

Keren Zou (she/her) is a second-year History Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley specializing in North American history, with research interests in U.S. immigration history, comparative histories of race and ethnicity, Asian American history, and Trans-Paci... Show more

Cathy Swanson

Cathy Swanson

Cathy has specialized in water treatment of emerging contaminants with ion exchange and other media for almost 18 years. In addition to her business development activities in groundwater and direct lithium extraction and brine purification, Cathy is the incoming Vice Chair of the AWWA Ion Exchange Committee Meeting as well as a co-chair of Ion Exchange Subcommittee that is writing a standard for ion exchange use in drinking water, which includes the use of single-use ion exchange resin for PFAS and Chrome VI. She is also the California-Nevada AWWA PFAS Subcommittee Secretary.
She received her BS in Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University and her MBA from UNC Chapel Hill.

Cathy has specialized in water treatment of emerging contaminants with ion exchange and other media for almost 18 years. In addition to her business development activities in groundwater and direct lithium extraction and brine purification, Cathy is ... Show more

Zach Anderson

Zach Anderson

Zach Anderson (he/him) is a CHamoru/Pinoy writer and journalist who was born on ‘Amuwu land (Lompoc, CA) and raised on Nisenan land (Sacramento). Before joining the Asian American Studies department, he was a contributor to AsAm Ne ws where he covered Pacific Islander communities both on the islands and on the continental United States. He was also the managing editor of the BIPOC literary collective Think in Ink and briefly served as a communications consultant for the 2022 Kylie Taitano congressional campaign. Zach’s research focuses on the relations between Asian American and Pasifika youth living in diaspora. When he is not reading, writing, or researching, he enjoys gardening, BBQing and birding. His writing can also be found at Eclectica magazine and an anthology of new CHamoru literature published by the University of Hawaii Manoa.

Zach Anderson (he/him) is a CHamoru/Pinoy writer and journalist who was born on ‘Amuwu land (Lompoc, CA) and raised on Nisenan land (Sacramento). Before joining the Asian American Studies department, he was a contributor to AsAm Ne ws where he covere... Show more

Sung Kim

Sung Kim

Sung Kim is a former gang member from Chicago who is doing a PhD in Ethnic Studies. He explores the racialized experiences of the poor urban working class AAPI community in the U.S., especially those of street gang members and in their proximity. As an underrepresented AAPI member from this community, he seeks to provide a different lens in understanding the AAPI experience outside of the dominant narratives in the field of race.

Sung Kim is a former gang member from Chicago who is doing a PhD in Ethnic Studies. He explores the racialized experiences of the poor urban working class AAPI community in the U.S., especially those of street gang members and in their proximity. As ... Show more

Chungse Jung

Chungse Jung

Sociology

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