{"id":1515,"date":"2024-12-23T04:18:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T04:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/?page_id=1515"},"modified":"2025-07-14T23:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T23:11:27","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:178px;padding-left:66px;}.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:#ffffff;}.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:56px;padding-left:56px;flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1515_3330ec-19 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1515_3330ec-19\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_370436-1c\"]{padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:48px;font-size:3rem;line-height:54px;font-style:normal;color:#005587;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_370436-1c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_370436-1c\"]{padding-top:24px;padding-bottom:24px;font-size:2.25rem;line-height:41px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_370436-1c\"]{padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:20px;font-size:1.5rem;line-height:27px;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_370436-1c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_370436-1c\">Our Team<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:55px;padding-right:25px;padding-bottom:55px;padding-left:25px;}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:var(--global-palette2, #2B6CB0);}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92, .kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 h1, .kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 h2, .kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 h3, .kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 h4, .kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 h5, .kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 h6{color:#ffffff;}.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1515_a37ecc-92\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5{max-width:80%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal:not(.kb-section-md-dir-vertical)>.kt-inside-inner-col>.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5{-webkit-flex:0 1 80%;flex:0 1 80%;max-width:unset;margin-left:unset;margin-right:unset;}.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5{position:relative;}@media all and (min-width: 1025px){.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal>.kt-inside-inner-col>.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5{-webkit-flex:0 1 80%;flex:0 1 80%;max-width:unset;margin-left:unset;margin-right:unset;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-sm-dir-vertical:not(.kb-section-sm-dir-horizontal):not(.kb-section-sm-dir-specificity)>.kt-inside-inner-col>.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5{max-width:80%;-webkit-flex:1;flex:1;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}.kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1515_9252bb-e5\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b\"]{font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b\"]{font-size:1rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_48b38f-2b\"><em>Foundations and Futures: Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook<\/em> is a highly collaborative project. The project team draws from content and curriculum experts across the United States and Oceania, including community scholars and practitioners, university professors, high school and college educators, curriculum developers, teachers and teacher trainers.&nbsp; An advisory council of over 50 scholars in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies provided content, guidance and reviews. The project also maintains working collaborations with organizations including the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the National Education Association, Densho, the South Asian American Archive, Japanese American National Museum, Asian Women United, Community Responsive Education, the Yuri Education Project, Immigrant History Initiative, the American Federation of Teachers, among others.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1\"]{font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1\"]{font-size:1rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_ed0a3c-e1\"><strong><em>Foundations and Futures<\/em>&nbsp;is a project of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1515_e9a8e0-88 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1515_e9a8e0-88\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AAPIMultimediaTextbook_OurTeam.jpg\" alt=\"Our Team\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AAPIMultimediaTextbook_OurTeam.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AAPIMultimediaTextbook_OurTeam-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AAPIMultimediaTextbook_OurTeam-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AAPIMultimediaTextbook_OurTeam-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1515_5490ef-ea kvs-lg-false kvs-md-false kvs-sm-false\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be\"]{font-size:1.8rem;font-style:normal;color:#ffc72c;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be\"]{font-size:1.3rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_bc212c-be\"><strong>Meet the Project Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1515_16d383-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1515_16d383-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1515_16d383-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(30% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(70% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id1515_16d383-fd > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id1515_16d383-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id1515_16d383-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id1515_16d383-fd alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1515_8c2b0c-6d\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image1515_372f4c-b3.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image1515_372f4c-b3 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:300px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image1515_372f4c-b3.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image1515_372f4c-b3 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image1515_372f4c-b3{max-width:300px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image1515_372f4c-b3{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image1515_372f4c-b3 img{width:100%;}.kb-image1515_372f4c-b3 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1515_372f4c-b3 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MMT_Karen_Umemoto-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Karen Umemoto\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MMT_Karen_Umemoto-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MMT_Karen_Umemoto-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MMT_Karen_Umemoto-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MMT_Karen_Umemoto-1105x1536.jpg 1105w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MMT_Karen_Umemoto-1473x2048.jpg 1473w, https:\/\/foundationsandfutures.education\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MMT_Karen_Umemoto.jpg 1555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1515_9e8afe-ca\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab\"]{font-size:1.35rem;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab\"]{font-size:1.15rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_34e76b-ab\"><strong>Dr. Karen Umemoto<\/strong><br>Project Co-Director<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe\"]{font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe\"]{font-size:1rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_0ca87d-fe\"><strong>Karen Umemoto<\/strong> is a professor of Asian American Studies and is the inaugural Helen and Morgan Chu Endowed Director\u2019s Chair of the Asian American Studies Center. Professor Umemoto received her Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds a M.A. in Asian American Studies from UCLA and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Social Science from San Francisco State University.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b\"]{font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b\"]{font-size:1rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_fd880f-3b\">Professor Umemoto\u2019s research and practice take a broad view of planning in the context of social inclusion, participatory democracy, and political transformation. She has published over 50 articles, book chapters, and professional reports, and she has served on the boards for the Association for Asian American Studies and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. She has also served on editorial boards for five journals, including the <em>Journal of the American Planning Association<\/em>. In 2001, she received the University of Hawai&#8217;i Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching. She is the recipient of the W.E.B. DuBois Award of the Western Society of Criminology, co-author of <em>Jacked Up and Unjust: Pacific Islander Teens Confront Violent Legacies<\/em> (University of California Press, 2016), and the author of <em>Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War<\/em> (Cornell University Press, 2006).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1515_8be356-29 .kt-block-spacer{height:90px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1515_8be356-29 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#ffc72c;width:60%;border-top-style:dotted;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1515_8be356-29\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1515_5ce8a9-03 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1515_5ce8a9-03 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1515_5ce8a9-03 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(30% 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Co-Director<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2\"]{font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2\"]{font-size:1rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_b3d62b-a2\"><strong>Kelly Fong<\/strong> (she\/her) is a Continuing Lecturer in Asian American Studies at UCLA. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Archaeology with a graduate concentration in Asian American Studies from UCLA and a B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Asian American Studies from UC Berkeley. Dr. Fong&nbsp; is an award-winning teacher who has taught undergraduate and graduate students across Southern California for over a decade and was the first lecturer to receive the UCLA Asian American Studies Center\u2019s C. Doris and Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf\"]{font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf\"]{font-size:1rem;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_1a32e5-bf\">Dr. Fong\u2019s interdisciplinary research bridges Asian American social histories, community-based histories, and historical archaeology to examine everyday life through materials and memories left behind. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets including the HBO series \u201cTake Out with Lisa Ling\u201d (2022), VoyageLA, podcasts such as Asian Americana, Asian American History 101, and The Ken Fong Podcast. She serves as an Associate Editor for Historical Archaeology for <em>California Archaeology<\/em>, and the Asian American and Pacific Islander Taskforce Lead for the Coalition for Diversity in California Archaeology, a committee for the Society for California Archaeology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_525097-b3\"]{text-align:center;font-size:1.8rem;line-height:41px;font-style:normal;color:#ffd256;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_525097-b3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_525097-b3\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:27px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_525097-b3\"]{font-size:1.25rem;line-height:23px;}}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading1515_525097-b3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1515_525097-b3\"><strong><strong>Want to know more? 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