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Rick Bonus

Associate Professor
rbonus@uw.edu , (206) 543-3929 , B-527 Padelford Hall

Lauro H. Flores

Professor, American Ethnic Studies
lflores@uw.edu , (206) 543-4343 , B521 Padelford Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Art, Chicana/o, Film/Cinema, Latin American, Literature, Public Scholarship, Visual Culture
Juan Guerra, AES Department Chair

Juan Guerra

Professor, Department Chair
jguerra@uw.edu , 206-685-6739 , B-506 Padelford Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Language and Literacy Studies, Rhetoric and Composition Studies
Jang Wook Huh

Jang Wook Huh

Assistant Professor
jwhuh@uw.edu , (206) 543-4488 , PDL A516
African American, Asian American, Asian/Pacific Studies, Comparative Literature, Race and Ethnicity, Sexuality, Translation, Visual Culture
Kel Juan

Kell Juan

Lecturer, Tagalog
mjuan19@uw.edu , 206-616-5789 , PDL A512
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La TaSha Levy

Assistant Professor
levyl@uw.edu , A519 Padelford Hall
20th Century, Activism, African American, African American History, Black Intellectual Traditions, Black Studies, Black Women's Studies, Civil Rights, History, Race and Ethnicity
Alina Méndez

Alina R. Méndez

Assistant Professor
armendez@uw.edu , 206-616-2352 , PDL B507
Office Hours: Tu. & Th. 1:30-2:30 PM and by appointment
Chicana/o, Class, Immigration, Labor, Latino/a Studies, Oral History, Race and Ethnicity
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Linh Thủy Nguyễn

Assistant Professor
lnguye@uw.edu , (206) 543-4224 , PDL B523
Office Hours: by appt at https://calendly.com/lnguye
Asian American, Critical Refugee Studies, Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, History and Memory, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Southeast Asian American, Violence and Trauma
Dr. Devon Peña

Devon G. Peña

Professor
dpena@uw.edu , (206) 228-4876 , M-42 Denny Hall

Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky

Associate Professor
cpt4@uw.edu , (206) 543-6363 , A-517 Padelford Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2020: Friday, 1:00-3:00pm & by individual appointment.
Citizenship Studies, Ethnography, Immigration, Labor, Latino/a Studies, Sociology, Undocumented- and Mixed-Status Experience

LaShawnDa Pittman

Assistant Professor
lpittman@uw.edu , (206) 543-4495 , B-517 Padelford Hall
Critical Theory, Gender and Family, Health Disparities, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Stratification and Inequality, Sociology, Urban Studies

Sonnet Retman

Associate Professor; Adjunct Associate Professor: Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, and English
sretman@uw.edu , (206) 543-0470 , A-514 Padelford Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
African American, Archives, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Film/Cinema, Literature, New Media, Performance Studies, Politics of Representation, Popular Music, Race and Ethnicity
Associate Professor Elizabeth Salas

Elizabeth Salas

Associate Professor; Adjunct Professor: History, and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
salase@uw.edu , 206-543-4234 , B-525 Padelford
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Vincent Schleitwiler

Acting Assistant Professor
vjs@u.washington.edu , (206) 543-6301 , A-515 Padelford Hall
African American, Asian American, Film/Cinema, Japanese American, Literary Criticism, Media Studies, Philippine and Filipino American, Popular Music, Public Scholarship, Race and Ethnicity, Visual Culture
Brukab Sisay, Lecturer - American Ethnic Studies

Brukab Sisay

Lecturer
brukabs@uw.edu , (206) 543-4219 , A-513 Padelford Hall

Connie So

Principal Lecturer
ccso@uw.edu , (206) 543-3424
Office Hours: by appt.

Jacqueline Waita

Senior Lecturer, Swahili
waitaj@uw.edu , (206) 543-5160 , B-509 Padelford Hall
Office Hours: T W 10:30-11:15 or by appt.

Emeritus Faculty

Erasmo Gamboa

Professor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor: History, and Latin American Studies
gamboae@uw.edu , (206) 543-4224
Chicana/o, Civil Rights, Documentary, Ethnography, History, Immigration, Labor, Latino/a Studies, Oral History, Race and Ethnicity

Tetsuden Kashima

Professor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor of Sociology
kashima@uw.edu , (206) 543-4219 , A-513 Padelford Hall

Gail Nomura

Associate Professor Emerita; Adjunct Associate Professor: History, and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
gmnomura@uw.edu , (206) 543-4219 , A-513 Padelford Hall

Stephen H. Sumida

Professor Emeritus
sumida@uw.edu , (206) 543-4219 , B-513 Padelford Hall
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John C. Walter

Professor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor: History; Emerita of African American Studies
jcwalter@uw.edu