Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton, where he retired in 2008 as the director of the Center for Oral and Public History. Between 2001 and 2005, he served as Senior Historian at the Japanese American National Museum.
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Kuroki’s Life of “Patriotism, Courage, Teamwork, and Tolerance” and a “Lapse into Superpatriotism”
Although there are no such things as secular books that are definitive, Gregg Jones’ magisterial …
Jan. 12, 2025
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Anthology Pinpoints Japanese American Experience in the 1930s
In London, rail passengers are warned by the phrase “mind the gap” to take proper caution when cr…
Sept. 8, 2024
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A Tribute to Salinas Valley’s Tenacious Issei
I first became aware of the reverential esteem in which the Issei generation was held within the Ja…
Nov. 17, 2024
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Illuminating Nikkei Women Artists’ Work and Their Connections
In 2017, ShiPu Wang, the Coats Endowed Chair in the Arts and professor of art history at the Univer…
Sept. 30, 2024
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An Extensive Analysis of Shin-Issei Lives
In 2010, I was privileged to provide a peer evaluation of the late Lane Hirabayashi to support a st…
Aug. 21, 2024
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Rich Heart Mountain personal narratives abound in Unforgotten Voices
Although primarily a prolific author of children’s books, mostly fictional, Unforgotten Voices from…
Feb. 5, 2024
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EO9066’s ‘Coerced Prison Work(ers)’
Although certainly not an American labor historian per se, I am profoundly abashed that, notwiths…
Aug. 16, 2023
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An In-Depth Examination of the WRA’s Legal System
As someone who has taught both history and literature classes, I recently had my curiosity arouse…
Aug. 8, 2023
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An Inquiry into the Kibei-Nisei ‘Diasporic Experiences’
I feel a close kinship with this remarkable book by Michael R. Jin. In 2013, I was privileged to re…
Aug. 1, 2023
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Recollections from Jerome and Rohwer
In 2002-2004, I was honored to serve with two distinguished historical colleagues, the late Roger…
Jan. 22, 2023
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