B.A. California State University, Fullerton, (Sociology) 1991; M.S.W. Columbia University, New York City, (Social Work) 1993; M.A. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, (Sociology) 1997; Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, (Sociology) 2002.
CSULB since 2005.
Southeast Asian and Asia Pacific Studies; Asian American Studies; Social Psychology; Medical Sociology; Sociology of Health and Mental Health; Social Movements and Identity Construction; Sociology of the Family; Sociology of Organizations; Race, Class, and Gender Stratification.

Social Psychology
Child Abuse & Prevention
Sociology of Women
Sociology of Southeast Asian Health