Emily Lawsin

Biography:
Lecturer, Asian/Pacific American Studies, American Culture & Women’s Studies
B.A. University of California at Los Angeles
M.A. University of California at Los Angeles

Research/Teaching Specializations: Filipino American Women & Community Formation, Asian American Literature, Spoken Word Poetry Performance, Oral History, Pinay Pedagogy

Courses Taught: Filipino American Experience, Asian Pacific American Women, Feminist Practice of Oral History, Asian American Community Service & Learning.

Field Research: Asian communities in Seattle, Los Angeles & Detroit

Recent Publications: “Filipino Women in Detroit: 1945-1955, Oral Histories from the Filipino American Oral History Project of Michigan,” Joseph Galura and Emily Lawsin, University of Michigan PCSL Press, 2002; “An Oral History Interview of Jessica Hagedorn,” in Words Matter: Conversations with Asian American Writers, King-Kok Cheung, Editor, University of Hawaii Press, 2000; “Empowering the Bayanihan Spirit: Teaching Filipina/o American Studies,” in Teaching Asian America: Diversity and the Problem of Community, Editor – Lane Hirabayashi, Rowman & Littlefield Press, 1998; and various poems in anthologies, newspapers and magazines, i.e. Michigan Citizen, Honolulu Advertiser, InvASIAN, Asian Sisters Represent! And Flippin’: Filipinos on America.

Awards: Lecturers’ Professional Development Grant, University of Michigan, 2001; Scholar for the Dream Award, National Council of Teachers of English, 1999.

The center is committed to promoting a broader and deeper understanding of Southeast Asia and its peoples, cultures, and historiesby providing resources for faculty, students and the community to learn and disseminate knowledge about the region.