UMass Boston

Meet the Staff

Full-time staff:

Paul Watanabe, Director, is a Professor in the Department of Political Science.
paul.watanabe@umb.edu

Shauna Lo, Assistant Director, manages the Institute's administrative activities, and assists on research and other projects.
shauna.lo@umb.edu

Carolyn Wong, Research Associate, focuses on immigration, citizenship, political empowerment, and health disparities.
carolyn.wong@umb.edu

Nicole Filler, Program Coordinator/Research Associate for the Anti-Asian Racism Project.
nicole.filler@umb.edu

Chrisna Khuon, Program Assistant for the Anti-Asian Racism Project.
chrisna.khuon@umb.edu

UMB student employees:

Tara Kan, Research Assistant, is a master's student in sociology at UMass Boston.

Sokha Eng, Research Assistant, is a doctoral student in public policy at UMass Boston.

Curtis Mai, Research Assistant, is an undergraduate student in political science at UMass Boston.

Kim Dinh, Office/Research Assistant, is an undergraduate at UMass Boston majoring in Biology.

 

Institute for Asian American Studies

Healey Library 10-7
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393
asianaminst@umb.edu