JP deGuzman (PhD, UCLA) is a comparative and relational race historian. He has published widely on Asian American community formation and histories of racialization, power, and place in Los Angeles, focusing on the San Fernando Valley region. Writing on the (inter)discipline of Asian American Studies, his work has explored its radical origins, historiography, pedagogy, and relationships with contingent academic labor. His publications appear in Amerasia Journal, Journal of Asian American Studies, Journal of Urban History, California History, Southern California Quarterly, The History Teacher, and various anthologies in ethnic, urban, and religious studies. An ordained Shin Buddhist priest, he has written for Lion's Roar, The Wheel of Dharma, Everyday Buddhist, and the Young Buddhist Editorial. Dr. deGuzman teaches American history and Ethnic Studies at Windward School and UCLA where he earned the university's Distinguished Teaching Award and the Laura Kinsey Outstanding Teaching Prize.
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