Professor Masequesmay with graduating senior, Amirah Limayo at the 2005 commencement.
Asian
American Studies is important for the self-empowerment of students; contesting mainstream knowledge; and fighting for social justice for all, not just for some.
- Associate Profesor
- Office: 340D Jerome Richfield
- Phone: 818-677-7219
- Fax: 818-677-7094
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- Campus Mailcode: 8251
- Personal Faculty Website
Education
- Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (2001)
- M.A. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (1995)
- B.A. Sociology, Pomona College (1991)
Scholarship Highlights
- “Building Allies: Linking Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Studies,” in Teaching about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Effective Activities, Assignments, and Strategies for Classrooms and Workshops, Edith Chen and Glenn Omatsu (ed.). San Francisco: Altamira Press. (2006).
- Editorial Board Member of Journal of Vietnamese Studies
- Recipient of the 2004-05 Don Dorsey Excellence in Mentoring Award
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Dr. Masequesmay filed her doctoral dissertation in Sociology at UCLA in January 26, 2001. Three days later, she began her teaching career at CSUN. Her areas of interests are Vietnamese American experiences, the intersection of race, class, gender and sexuality, and identity work.
Dr. Masequesmay and her colleague, Dr. Teresa Williams-Leon were awarded $45,000 from Ford Foundation to organize a second national conference on Asian American sexuality and sensuality called, "CrossTalk II: Embodiments of Asian Pacific American Sexuality".
I took the first AAS course offered at the Claremont Colleges ... after a lot of students petitioned and protested ...
She is also working with other faculty and staff at CSUN to begin a safe zone project called 'CSUN Positive Space Project.' Positive Space Project's purpose is to foster a more LGBT/queer friendly environment on campus by providing LGBT sensitivity training workshops for faculty, students and staff to become supportive allies to LGBT members of our CSUN community. She currently serves as the Department's Advising Coordinator. For more information about advising, please see the Advisement Page.