Edward Park
Professor and Chair of Asian and Asian American Studies
Biography
Education
University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D.
Ethnic Studies with Disciplinary Emphasis in Sociology
1993
University of California at Berkeley
M.A.
City and Regional Planning
1988
University of California at Berkeley
B.A. (Honors)
Social Sciences
1986
Areas of Expertise
Industry Expertise
Accomplishments
Fulbright Professor
2005-08-01
Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of Tokyo and Japan Women's University.
Visiting Scholar
2013-03-01
Center for Asian Cultural Studies, International Christian University. Tokyo, Japan.
Affiliations
- Association of Asian American Studies
- American Sociological Association
- Society for the Study of Social Problems
- Pacific Sociological Association
- California Humanities Scholar
Media Appearances
Will this L.A. congressional district known as a Latino political base make history for Koreans?
Los Angeles Times print
2017-06-04
This part of Los Angeles, where the flatlands of Boyle Heights and the freeways that dissect it give way to the gentle slope of the city’s northeast, has long been a land of opportunity for politically ambitious underdogs.
How the killing of Latasha Harlins changed South L.A., long before Black Lives Matter
Los Angeles Times print
2016-05-18
A generation ago, long before Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and the Black Lives Matter movement, the death of Latasha Harlins lit a fuse inside Los Angeles' African American community.
Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad
The New York TImes online
2012-04-15
Samir N. Kapadia seemed to be on the rise in Washington, moving from an internship on Capitol Hill to jobs at a major foundation and a consulting firm. Yet his days, he felt, had become routine.