Timothy P. Fong, Ph.D.

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Title:	Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies Principle Investigator/Project Director, Full Circle Project
Office Hours:	TWTH 10 a.m.-noon By Appointment Only!
E-mail:	tfong01@csus.edu
Office Phone:	(916) 278-6646 Ethnic Studies (916) 278-6802 Direct Line
Mailing Address:	552B Amador Sacramento State 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6013

Research Projects/Interests

Timothy P. Fong received his doctorate in Ethnic Studies from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992. His research specialty areas include comparative race and ethnic relations, immigration history, politics and public policy, community studies, and qualitative methodology (ethnography and oral history).

Dr. Fong was the editor of the Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans Series published by AltaMira Press. The Series presents books that are theoretically engaging, comparative, and multidisciplinary. Special emphasis is placed on works that reflect contemporary concerns critically important to understanding and empowering Asian Pacific Americans.

Dr. Fong is a recognized authority on multiculturalism and social change. He has been interviewed in stories by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, the World Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and on National Public Radio among others. Dr. Fong is also listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2000 and 2004).

Current Course(s)

ETHN 133 Multicultural Aging (Section 1) TTH 1:30-2:45 p.m.

Book and Report Publications

Contemporary Racialization in the United States (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, forthcoming).

Ethnic Studies Research: Approaches and Perspectives, edited by Timothy P. Fong (Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2008).

The Contemporary Asian American Experience: Beyond the Model Minority (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2007).

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Sacramento: A Community Profile, 2000 and Beyond (2006).

The Contemporary Asian American Experience: Beyond the Model Minority, 2nd Edition (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002).

Asian Americans: Experiences and Perspectives, edited by Timothy P. Fong and Larry H. Shinagawa (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000).

The Contemporary Asian American Experience: Beyond the Model Minority (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998).

The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994). Association for Asian American Studies National Book Award Winner!