Edward Park
Professor and Chair of Asian and Asian American Studies | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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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), comparative migration policies in transpacific context (“Immigration and Belonging: Nation, Class, and Membership in New Migration Policies,” AAPI Nexus Journal, 2012), and the fraying of the social fabric in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 Crisis (“Global Cities and COVID-19: Stories of Resilience and Fragility in Los Angeles.” Journal of Global and Area Studies, 2022).
Education (3)
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 (6)
Migration Studies
Race Relations
Urban Studies
Economic Sociology
Asian Pacific American Studies
Ethnic Studies
Industry Expertise (2)
International Affairs
Education/Learning
Accomplishments (2)
Fulbright Professor (professional)
2005-08-01
Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of Tokyo and Japan Women's University.
Visiting Scholar (professional)
2013-03-01
Center for Asian Cultural Studies, International Christian University. Tokyo, Japan.
Affiliations (5)
- Association of Asian American Studies
- American Sociological Association
- Society for the Study of Social Problems
- Pacific Sociological Association
- California Humanities Scholar
Media Appearances (3)
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.
