New Faculty
Wendy Cheng
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Asian/Pacific/American Studies
Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
With research interests that include comparative ethnic studies, Asian American studies, geography, and urban and suburban studies, Wendy Cheng joins the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis as an Assistant Professor/ Faculty Fellow. She received her A.B. in English from Harvard University (1998); her M.A. in Geography from the University of California - Berkeley (2003); and her Ph.D. in American Studies and Ethnicity from the University of Southern California (2009).
Dr. Cheng's publications include "Democratizing Tourism, Illuminating Power: A People's Guide to Los Angeles," with Laura Barraclough, in Progressive Planning; "Remodeling the Minority: The Prospect for Vietnamese Americans in a 'New' New Orleans" in Hyphen Magazine; and interviews with authors Karen Tei Yamashita, Pankaj Mishra, and Nina Revoyr. Her book project examines regional processes of racial formation in majority-Asian American and Latina/o suburbs. She is also currently preparing a manuscript titled A People's Guide to Los Angeles, with Laura Pulido and Laura Barraclough.
