EDITH WEN-CHU CHEN, PH.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Asian American Studies

Tel:  (818) 677-5690 Fax (818) 677-7094 Home (310) 397-7679

edith.chen@csun.edu

 

EDUCATION                        

              

               Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998.

 

               M.A.  Sociology,  University of California, Los Angeles, 1992.

 

               B.A.  Sociology and Zoology Double Major, University of Texas at Austin, 1989.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

 

 

“Constructing a Non-Asian Identity: Asian American Sisters in ‘White’ Sororities,” in Living in the Light:  Multicultural Communication and Asian American Women, Elizabeth N. Kunimoto, Editor.  Honolulu, Hawaii:  Patina Productions, (forthcoming 2006).

 

Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Workshops, (lead editor, co-edited with Glenn Omatsu), (Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming May 2006).

 

“Deconstructing the Model Minority Thesis:  Asian Pacific Americans, Race, Class, Gender, and Work,” in Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Workshops, (Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming May 2006).

 

“Becoming Asian American:  Second-Generation Chinese and Korean American Identities.” (Book Review) forthcoming in Amerasia Journal, vol 31, no. 3, pp. 211-213, December 2005.

 

“Asian American Women:  Issues Concerns, and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy,” (Book Review), in Amerasia Journal, vol 30, no. 3, January/February 2005.

 

“Molokai Community Profile” co-authored with Sukey Soukamneuth, a report conducted for the Department of Labor, September 2001.

 

“Molokai Analytic Community Write-up,” co-authored with Sukey Soukamneuth, a report for Social Policy Research Associates, May 2001.

 

“Selected Readings” and “Selected Asian Pacific American Organizations,” co-authored with Shirley Hune in Asian Pacific American Women in Higher Education:  Claiming Visibility and Voice, by Shirley Hune.  Washington, DC:  Assocation of American Colleges and Universities, 1998.

 

"Sexual Harassment from the Perspectives of Asian American women," in Everyday Sexism in the Third Millennium, (eds.) Carol Ronai, Barbara Zsembik,  and Joe Feagin, New York:  Routledge, 1997.

 

 

 

PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS

 

“Telling Our Stories:  Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley, 1910s-1950s,” a multimedia exhibition including photos, oral histories, and a 15 minute documentary.  A service-learning project for the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center.

 

 

• San Fernando Museum of Art and History,  to be shown February 3^rd, 2006-April 15^th, 2006.

 

• San Fernando Valley High School, Cesar Chavez Auditorium,

“Orange Blossoms in the Dust,” a play based upon oral histories collected by AAS 390 students, April 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th, 2005

 

• Mission College, April 7^th, 2005

 

• Pasadena Cherry Blossom Festival, April 2^nd-April 3^rd, 2005

 

• San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center, March 6^th, 2005

 

• Cal State University Northridge, Campus Theatre, November 30^th, 2004

 

• Las Palmas Recreation Center, October 16^th-November 1^st, 2004

 

• San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center, May 6^th-August 31^st, 2004

 

Conference Presentations and Invited Engagements

 

Teaching About Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Exercises, and Strategies for Classrooms and Communities,  Session Chair and Organizer, for the Pacific Sociological Association, to be held at Universal City, Ca, April 20^th-23^rd. 2006.

 

“Deconstructing the Model Minority Image: Asian Pacific Americans, Race, Class, Gender and Work” to be presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, to be held at Universal City, Ca, April 20^th-23^rd, 2006.

 

 “Chinese Dominicans:  An Exploration of Ethnic and Racial Identity in the Dominican Republic and the U.S.”to be presented at the 26^th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006.

 

“Explorations of Yellowness and Brownness in the Caribbean and the U.S.” Panel Organizer, for the 26^th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006.

 

Teaching About Asian Pacific Americans:  Effective Activities,  and Strategies for Classrooms and Communities,  Panel Chair and Organizer, Association for Asian American Studies, Los Angeles, California, April 20^th-23^rd, 2005.

 

“Chinese Americans, Work and Income,” Invited Guest Speaker for the China Institute, CSUN, April 19^th, 2005.

 

 “Race Still Matters:  Asian American Women in ‘White’ Sororities,” Invited Guest Speaker for the 1^st National Asian Pacific American Women’s Collegiate Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, November 12^th-13^th, 2004.

 

“Growing Up Chino Latino:  Contemporary Experiences of Chinese Caribbeans,” Panel Chair, Association for American Studies Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 25-28^th, 2004.

 

“Chinese Dominican Experiences in the Dominican Republic and in the U.S.,” to be presented at the Association for American Studies Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 25-28^th, 2004.

 

“Chinese in the Dominican Republic:  From Ethnic Prejudice to Ethnic Celebration,” presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences,” Honolulu, Hawai’i, June 12^th-15^th.

 

 “Deconstructing the Model Minority Thesis:  The Significance of Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender,” invited to present at the California Association for Asian and Pacific American Education and National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese joint conference,  Woodland Hills, CA, August 23-24, 2003.

 

“Asians in the Americas:  Race, Culture, and Identities,” Panel Chair, Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences,” Honolulu, Hawai’i, June 12^th-15^th, 2003.

 

“Effective Teaching Techniques focusing on Asian Pacific Islanders by Using Activities, Cartoons, Visuals, and Performance,” presented at the  2003 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, San Francisco, California, May 8-11^th.

 

 “Asian Americans, Gender, and Income:  A Teaching Activity,” presented at the 2003 Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, Pasadena, CA, April 3, 2003.

 

 “Deconstructing the Model Minority Image:  Asian Americans, Work and Income,” presented at the 2002 Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, June 11-15^th, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.

 

“Teaching Diversity:  Learning and Practical Activities about Asian Pacific Islanders,” Session and Workshop Organizer for the 2002 Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, June 11-15^th, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.

 

“Team Teaching As Radical Pedagogical Device in Teaching Women of Color

      in the U.S.,” co-presented with Estela Ballon, Kimberly Nettles, and Gilda Ochoa. American Sociological Association Annual conference, August 19^th, 2001, Anaheim, California.

 

“Race Still Matters:  Asian American Women in White Sororities,” 15^th Annual Summer Intercultural Workshop,

Center for International Business Education and Research (UH CIBER),University of Hawaii at Manoa, July 25– August 3^rd, 2001

 

“Forever Foreigner,” presented at the Pacific and Asian Communication Association Conference, August 10-11, 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 

 

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