Media Expertise: California and Los Angeles, Economy & Employment, Immigration, Race & Social Justice
Areas of Interest: Asian Pacific American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Migration Studies, Race Relations, Urban Studies, Economic Sociology.
Biography: Edward J.W. Park is a professor and chair of the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. He received his Ph.D. in ethnic studies and a master’s degree in city and regional planning, both at the University of California, Berkeley. His research topics include migration studies, race relations, urban studies, and economic sociology. His most recent publications examine the transformation of Koreatown since the Los Angeles Civil Unrest of 1992 (“From Ethnic Island to a Transnational Bubble: Koreatown from 1992 to 2012,” Amerasia Journal, 2012) and comparative migration policies in transpacific context (“Immigration and Belonging: Nation, Class, and Membership in New Migration Policies,” AAPI Nexus Journal, 2012).
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