About the Contributors

Jason Chang received his PhD in ethnic studies from the University of California–Berkeley in 2010, his masters in public policy and administration from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst in 2005, and his BA in Latin American studies and political economy from Prescott College in 2002. He is associate professor of history and Asian and Asian American studies at the University of Connecticut, where he directs the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute.

Benjamin Barson received his PhD in music from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020 and his BA in African American studies from Hampshire College in 2010. He is an adjunct professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh, teaching courses on jazz improvisation and history.

Alexis Dudden received her PhD in history from the University of Chicago in 1998 and her BA in East Asian studies, magna cum laude, from Columbia in 1991. She is professor of history at the University of Connecticut, specializing in modern Japan, modern Korea, and international history.

Kim Inthavong is a Lao-Chinese American software engineer and freelance illustrator. She received her BA in Computer Science and minors in Studio Art and Game Design from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a mostly self-taught artist growing up, she always had a passion for art and visual storytelling, starting with ink and graphite illustrations and later branching into digital art.

Adam Cooper-Terán is an internationally-acclaimed sound, video, and multimedia artist originally from Tucson, Arizona. Known for their collaborations among various performance troupes, theater companies, musicians, and dancers, Adam’s work has featured across the globe as large-scale media projections, musical interventions, and installations of digital storytelling. As a solo performer, Adam’s interests in live audio and video mixing have led to improvisations that are ritualistic, political, and highly personal.