EDMUND FONG portrait
  • Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
  • Chair, Ethnic Studies
  • Associate Professor, Political Science Department
  • Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
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Current Courses

Fall 2023

  • POLS 319-001
    Racial/Ethnic Politics
  • POLS 3190-001
    Racial/Ethnic Politics
    Location: GC 4020 (GC 4020)

Spring 2023

Professional Organizations

  • Association for Political Theory. 01/01/2003 - 12/01/2005. Position : Member.
  • American Political Science Association. 01/01/1998 - present. Position : Member.
  • Western Political Science Association. 01/01/1998 - present. Position : Member.
  • Association for Asian American Studies. 01/01/1998 - present. Position : Member.

Student Projects

  • Honor's Thesis. Savannah Williams. 01/2017 - 05/2017
  • Honor's Thesis. Nominated for Undergraduate Research Award. Charles Joseph Koronkowski. 01/2016 - 05/2016
  • Directed Reading. Contemporary Political Theory and Race. Graham Slater. 01/2015 - 05/2015
  • Independent Study: African American Disenfranchisement and the Prison Industrial Complex. Rondell Nelson. 08/2012 - 12/2012
  • McNair Mentorship. Thesis awarded the Monson Essay Prize. Esther Kim. 06/2011 - 09/2011
  • Independent Study. A directed reading and research project on Asian American masculinity and racial/ gender politics with Esther Kim. Esther Kim. 08/24/2010 - 12/08/2010
  • Independent Study A directed reading on contemporary Asian American Politics. Peng Se Lim. 01/11/2010 - 04/28/2010
  • Independent Study A directed reading on immigration and contemporary Asian American identity. Kijoung Na. 01/11/2010 - 04/28/2010
  • Independent Study A directed reading on Asian Americans and the Model Minority Myth. Irene Ota. 01/11/2010 - 04/28/2010
  • Independent Study A close reading of Karl Marx's Capital. Greg Bourassa, Engin Antasy. 01/11/2010 - 04/28/2010

Teaching Projects

  • Introduction to Abolition Studies Course Planning Committee. Project Lead: Erin Castro. 01/11/2021 - present.
  • POLS/ECON 2500 The United States of Inequality Planning Committee, 2020-21. Project Lead: Juliet Carlisle. 01/06/2020 - present.
  • GLAD Grant: Race and Ethnicity in Global Contexts. Project Lead: Lourdes Alberto. Collaborators: Edmund Fong, Elizabeth Archuleta. Office of Global Engagement 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2019. Total Budget: $10,000.00.

Current Students

  • Lani Moon, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Jacob Crown, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Irene Ota, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Irene Ota, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Lani Moon, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Jacob Crown, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.

Former Students

  • Liliana Castrellon, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Liliana Castrellon, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Graham Slater, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Graham Slater, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Serhun Al, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Serhun Al, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Jacob Crown, Master of Science (M.S.), Project Type: Thesis. Role: Member.
  • Engin Antasay, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Jacob Crown, Master of Science (M.S.), Project Type: Thesis. Role: Member.
  • Engin Antasay, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Project Type: Dissertation. Role: Member.
  • Kijoung Na, Master of Arts (M.A.), Project Type: Thesis. Role: Member.
  • Kijoung Na, Master of Arts (M.A.), Project Type: Thesis. Role: Member.
  • TARA MORGAN MAHEALANI, Master of Science (M.S.), Project Type: Thesis. Role: Member.
  • TARA MORGAN MAHEALANI, Master of Science (M.S.), Project Type: Thesis. Role: Member.