People

Retika Adhikari
Assistant Professor; On Leave FA22

retika@umich.edu Haven Hall, 1045

Fields of study: critical refugee studies, Asian American studies, multi-sited ethnography, humanitarianism, displacement, postindustrial United States, South Asian Borderlands.

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies; American Culture

Melissa Borja
Assistant Professor, A/PIA Core Faculty

mborja@umich.edu Fields of study: migration, religion, Asian American studies, politics, oral history.

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Loveleen Brar
Graduate Student Instructor FA21

lbrar@umich.edu Fields of study: Asian American Studies, Migrant Labor, Critical Food Studies, and Women of Color Feminisms

Graduate Student; Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Henry Chen
Graduate Student

hechen@umich.edu Fields of study: Asian American history and culture; critical mixed race studies; and queer of color critique

Graduate Student; Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Manan Desai
Associate Professor, Director of A/PIA Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor

mrdesai@umich.edu 505 S. State Street | 3658 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045

Fields of study:
Asian American Studies, Postcolonial Studies, US Popular Music 734.615.2524

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Caroline Hsu
Graduate Student

cahsu@umich.edu

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies; American Culture; Graduate Student

Roland Hwang
Lecturer I, A/PIA Core Faculty

hwangr@umich.edu Fields of study: Asian/Pacific Islander American history, A/PIAs in civil rights movement 925-586-4613

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Victor Mendoza
Associate Professor; core faculty member, A/PIA Studies Program

vmendoza@umich.edu On teaching leave until Fall 2025

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Susan Najita
Associate Professor, A/PIA Core Faculty

najita@umich.edu Surface Mail: 435 S. State Street | 3187 Angell Hall; Ann Arbor MI 48109-1003

Fields of study:
Pacific literatures in English, Asian American literatures, U.S. minority literatures 734.764.6345

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Lisa Nakamura
Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor;
On Leave FA21 & WN22

lnakamur@umich.edu 3735 Haven Hall

Fields of study:
Asian American studies, digital media theory, digital game studies, feminist theory, film and television studies, race and gender in new media

American Culture

Wren Palmer
Graduate Student

wrengen@umich.edu

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies; American Culture; Graduate Student

Doo Jae Park
Lecturer I

doojae@umich.edu Haven Hall, 3751

Fields of Study: Race, diaspora, immigration, Asian American Studies, Cultural Studies, Sport

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies; American Culture

Melissa Phruksachart
Assistant Professor, A/PIA Core Faculty, Film, Television, and Media (FTVM), 2018 LSA Collegiate Fellow, FTVM

mphr@umich.edu Field of study: Asian American studies; media and cultural studies; ethnic studies; American studies

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Ian Shin
Assistant Professor, A/PIA Core Faculty

ianshin@umich.edu Field of study: Intellectual & Cultural History; Race & Ethnicity; United States; History

2640 Haven Hall

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Jasleen Singh
Graduate Student

jaslsing@umich.edu Fields of Study: Sikh diaspora, activism and subjectivities in the post-9/11 era, transnational narratives, feminist and queer theories, digital assemblages, and community development.

Graduate Student; Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

Amy Stillman
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Director of the Native American Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor

akstill@umich.edu Fields of study: Asian American student-organized culture shows, Indigenous knowledge & epistemology, Discography, Historiography, Methods of representing music and dance repertoire

Surface Mail: 505 S. State Street | 3722 Haven Hall, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 734.763.5559

Asian Pacific Islander American Studies

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