Edward J. W. Park is professor and director of the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He received his Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies and a Master’s in City and Regional Planning, both at the University of California, Berkeley. His research topics include immigration policy, race relations, urban studies, and economic sociology. His publications include “A New American Dilemma? Asian Americans and Latinos in Race Relations Theorizing” (Journal of Asian American Studies, 1999), “Competing Visions: Political Formation of Korean Americans in Los Angeles, 1992–1997” (Amerasia Journal, 1998), and Probationary Americans: Contemporary Immigration Policies and the Shaping of Asian American Communities (Routledge, 2005, co-authored with John S.W. Park).  From 1993-1999, he served as the Director of Research for the Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Fulbright Visiting Professor of American Studies at the University of Tokyo and the Japan Women’s University.

 

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Edward J.W. Park, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Asian Pacific American Studies Program (APAM)
Loyola Marymount University
University Hall
1 LMU Drive, Suite 4440
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
310.338.4491 / 310.338.2356 fax / epark <at> lmu.edu