Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of Tokyo and Japan Women's University.

Fulbright Professor

Center for Asian Cultural Studies, International Christian University. Tokyo, Japan.

Visiting Scholar

 Association of Asian American Studies

American Sociological Association

Society for the Study of Social Problems

Pacific Sociological Association

 California Humanities Scholar

Probationary Americans examines contemporary immigration rules and how they affect the make-up of immigrant communities. The authors' key argument is that immigration policies place race and class as important criteria for gaining entry to the United States, and in doing so, alter the makeup of America's immigrant communities.

Probationary Americans: Contemporary Immigration Policies and the Shaping of Asian American Communities

Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History [3 volumes]
by Xiaojian Zhao (Editor), Edward J.W. Park Ph.D. (Editor)

Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History [3 volumes]

This collection of essays tie together some of the most important overlaps between immigration studies and Asian American Studies, and they present collectively a compelling portrait of how Asian American communities have continued to change as a result of on-going migration trends.

AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community

Edward J.W. Park is a Professor and Chair of Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. He received his B.A. (Social Sciences), M.C.P. (City and Regional Planning), and Ph.D. (Ethnic Studies with disciplinary concentration in Sociology) at UC
Berkeley.

The Political Formation of Korean Americans, 1992-2019: From Ethnic Politics to Managing Transnational Lives

Chapter 11: Community Divided: Korean American Politics in Post-Civil Unrest Los Angeles Edward J. W. Park

Asian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy: The Metamorphosis of Southern California

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Loyola Marymount University

Edward J.W. Park is a professor and chair of the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. He received his Ph.D. in ethnic studies and a master’s degree in city and regional planning, both at the University of California, Berkeley. His research topics include migration studies, race relations, urban studies, and economic sociology. His most recent publications examine the transformation of Koreatown since the Los Angeles Civil Unrest of 1992 (“From Ethnic Island to a Transnational Bubble: Koreatown from 1992 to 2012,” Amerasia Journal, 2012), comparative migration policies in transpacific context (“Immigration and Belonging: Nation, Class, and Membership in New Migration Policies,” AAPI Nexus Journal, 2012), and the fraying of the social fabric in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 Crisis (“Global Cities and COVID-19: Stories of Resilience and Fragility in Los Angeles.” Journal of Global and Area Studies, 2022).

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