Faculty

Tel:(415) 422-4373
vcheung@usfca.edu

Violet Cheung

Assistant Professor

Violet Cheung, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist. She received her degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Her teaching interests include child development and theories of personality, and her current research addresses self-control, aggression and war.

Tel:(415) 422-2418
chunk@usfca.edu

Kevin Chun

Professor

Kevin M. Chun, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Co-Founder of Asian American Studies. He completed his B.S. in Psychology at Santa Clara University, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at UCLA, and Psychology Internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.

Tel:(415) 422-5268
dempster@usfca.edu

Brian Dempster

Professor

Tel:(415) 422-6083
fung@usfca.edu

Eileen Fung

Associate Professor

Eileen Fung earned her PhD in medieval literature with a secondary expertise in Asian American literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research interests lie in examining the intersection of literature and identity through cultural practices. She helped start the Asian American Studies program at USF and has served as both the co-chair and chair of the English Department. At present, she is the Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities.

Tel:(415) 422-5483
gonzalez@usfca.edu

Jay Gonzalez

Associate Professor

Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III has a B.A. in History and Political Science from De La Salle University (Manila), a Master of Public Administration from the University of the Philippines, and a Ph.D. from the University of Utah. He teaches Filipino American and Philippine studies, Asian studies, as well as international politics and public policy courses for the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program, the Politics Department, the Asian Studies Program, and the Asian American Studies Program. Dr. Gonzalez is the author of numerous publications and has served the city of San Francisco as Commissioner for Immigrant Rights.

Tel:(415) 422-6061
eyho@usfca.edu

Evelyn Ho

Associate Professor and Chair

Professor Ho teaches courses in communication and culture, health communication and Asian American studies. Her research focuses on communication around the use of holistic, complementary and alternative medicine use in the U.S.

Tel:(415) 422-5067
kim@usfca.edu

David Kim

Associate Professor

David Kim's areas of research and teaching include ethics, political philosophy, philosophical psychology, phenomenology, Asian and comparative philosophy, philosophy of race, and postcolonialism. His current work focuses on embodiment, the politics of emotion, xenophobia, critiques of U.S. imperialism, and the extension of various forms of Asian thought to concepts of modernity, like rights, race, civilization, and hegemony. His recent courses include ethics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of emotion, comparative moral psychology, Asian philosophy, and Asian American philosophy.

Tel:(415) 422-6426
drecio@usfca.edu

Dennis Recio

Professor

Father Recio is a member of the Jesuit Community at the University of San Francisco and teaches Asian-American literature and Composition/Rhetoric courses for the Saint Ignatius Institute. Fr Recio is interested in questions around literature and American nativity, postcolonialism, identity politics, and gender/sexuality. He has also worked as a parish priest, hospital chaplain, retreat director, high school teacher, and as a case worker for troubled youth and prostitutes. His course in Asian-American literature features writings by Jessica Hagedorn, Peter Bacho, Gina Apostol, Eric Gamalinda, and various other writers from the Asian diaspora.

Tel:(415) 422-6112
erodriguez4@usfca.edu

Evelyn Rodriguez

Associate Professor

Professor Rodriguez graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from UC San Diego as a Sociology major/Ethnic Studies minor; and received her M.A. and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley's Sociology program. She has taught Sociological Methods, Asian and Pacific Islanders in U.S. Society, People of Mixed Descent, U.S. Immigration and Settlement, and Community Organizing.