Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science

Education:
BA, History, Wesleyan University, 1993;
PhD, American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, 2007

Research Interests: Racial and ethnic politics; U.S. politics

Selected Publications:
“The Rise of Racial Liberalism, the Decline of Racial Justice: Lessons from California,” in Race and American Political Development, edited by Joe Lowndes, Julie Novkov, and Dorian Warren (NY: Routledge, 2008).

“Family and Community as the Cornerstone of Civic Engagement: Immigrant and Youth Organizing in the Southwest,” National Civic Review 95.4 (2007): 58-61.

“Beyond Policy: Race, Ideology and the Re-imagining of Youth,” in Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth, edited by S. Ginwright, P. Noguera, and J. Cammarota (NY: Routledge: 2006).

Works in Progress:
Racial Propositions: Genteel Apartheid in Postwar California (University of California Press, under contract)

"'Good Neighbors Come in All Colors': Antiracism and Desegregation in Postwar Los Angeles" (article in progress)

Recent Courses:
PS 449/549 Racial Politics in the U.S. II (Winter 2008)
ES 498 Theories of Race and Ethnicity (Winter 2008)
ES 252 Introduction to Asian American Studies (Fall 2007)
ES 399 Race, Gender, and Policy (Fall 2007)