Teresa Williams-León (r.) with Juana Mora (l.), who served as interim chair of the department during Spring 2006 (Photo: Ryan Purugganan)
Asian
American Studies is important because it was born out of the
passion, dedication, and struggle of Asian Americans and people
of all ethnic groups who knew that the critical examination of Asian Americans
has a legitimate place in higher education.
- Professor
- Office: JR 340 [map of south campus]
- Phone: 818-677-3301
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- Campus Mailcode: 8251
- Curriculum Vitae [pdf download]
Education
- Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (1997)
- M.A. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (1991)
- M.A. Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (1989)
- B.A. Japanese Language and Literature, University of Hawaii, Manoa (1986)
- A.A. Asian Studies, University of Maryland, College Park (1983)
Scholarship Highlights
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- UCLA lists Dr. Williams-Leon as one of the "remarkable individuals" trained by the Asian American Studies MA program in its "35 Notable Accomplishments and Milestones for Asian American Studies at UCLA".
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Dr. Williams-León's research has focused on the complex and dynamic nature of multiple identities among Asian-descent Americans. Her teaching and research specializations are in ethnic and multiethnic/multiracial identity development, communities and institutions, race and ethnic relations, popular culture, language, gender, and sexuality.Williams-León has published numerous articles and book chapters.
She has also been featured in documentary films and media presentations on multiracial and transnational identities. She co-edited, with Professor Velina Hasu Houston of USC., the special issues of Amerasia Journal (1997, Vol. 23, No. 1) titled, "No Passing Zone: The Artistic and Discursive Voices of Asian-Descent Multiracials," which has now become part of Amerasia's classic series. She co-edited an anthology with Cynthia L. Nakashima of UC Berkeley titled, "The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans" (Temple University Press, 2001).
She has taught some of the first classes on multiracial/biracial identity at UC-Santa Barbara, UCLA, and CSUN. She has been a faculty member at CSUN since Fall of 1996. She is a board member of Hapa Issues Forum, Southern California Chapter and an advisory board member of the national organization of Hapa Issues Forum.
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Dr. Williams-León, with her colleague, Dr. Masequesmay, was awarded a $45,000 grant from the Ford Foundation in 2001-2002 to organize and develop a national educational conference titled " CrossTalk II: Embodiments of Asian Pacific Islander Sexuality" to promote dialogue and research among community-based organizers, biomedical researchers, scholars, educators, artists, social scientists, health care providers, and humanists, as well as to affect social policy issues around Asian American sexuality and sensuality issues. Dr. Williams-León is a CSUN Ally with the Positive Space Program (PSP).