New Article: “Surviving the Bomb in Diaspora” in the American Historical Review

“Surviving the Bomb in Diaspora: Intergenerational Suffering and Justice-Seeking Among Korean Pihaeja” by Naoko Wake and Michael R. Jin. The American Historical Review (2025) 130 (3) Uncovering the voices of the Korean diasporic atomic bomb …

New Article, “Citizen Aliens,” in the Journal Immigration and Ethnic History Special Issue on Immigration and Citizenship

“Citizen Aliens: American Xenophobia, Japanese American Migrants, and the Transpacific Borders of Belonging.” Journal of American Ethnic History (2025) 44 (4) In this article I explore the perspectives of Kibei, U.S.-born Japanese Americans who returned …

February 22, 2023: American Bar Foundation Spring Speaker Series: “From Citizens to Aliens: Asian Americans and the Racial Limits of American Citizenship”

Please join me for a public talk sponsored by the American Bar Foundation this Wednesday, February 22 at 12 Noon. I will be discussing the long-term consequences of the Asian exclusion movement that culminated in …