Russell Jeung

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Russell Mark Jeung (Chinese: 張華耀)[1] is an Asian American sociologist at San Francisco State University. He is known for his social activism on racism towards Asian Americans and is the founder of Stop AAPI Hate.[2]

Biography[]

Jeung obtained both his Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and Master of Arts in Education at Stanford University in 1984. He further completed a M.A. in Sociology (1995) and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the UC Berkeley (2000).[3] His Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Emerging Asian American Pan-Ethnic Congregations: The Religious Construction of Symbolic Racial Identity" was later published by Rutgers University Press, with the new title Faithful Generations: Race and new Asian American Churches.[4]

After teaching at Foothill College for two years, he joined the Department of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University in 2002 and is current Professor at the Department.[1]

Community activism[]

Jeung is involved in a number of community projects, seeing his activism as a way to live out his Christian religion.[5]

He and Valerie Soe produced The Oak Park Story, a 2010 documentary about his faith-based community organizing in East Oakland among Cambodians and Latinos. It was a Blue Ribbon Award Semi-Finalist.[6]

Jeung is known for launching Stop AAPI Hate in March 2020, as a response to the increase of racism against Asian Americans during COVID-19. The project provides community resources to assist drafting policy to fight against racism.[2][5]

Works[]

  • Jeung, Russell, Karen Umemoto, Harvey Dong, Eric Mar, Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani, and Arnold Pan (2019). Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center. ISBN 9780934052542
  • Jeung, Russell, Seanan S. Fong, and Helen Jin Kim (2019). Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190875923
  • Jeung, Russell (2016). At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 9780310527831
  • Chen, Carolyn and Russell Jeung (2012). Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 9780814717363
  • Jeung, Russell (2004). Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813535036

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Russell Mark Jeung 張華耀, PhD". Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mullis, Steve; Glenn, Heidi (27 March 2020). "New Site Collects Reports Of Racism Against Asian Americans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic". NPR. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Professor Russell Jeung Home Page". online.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  4. ^ "Russell Jeung (1991)". UC Berkeley Sociology Department. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Kim, Paul Y. (20 May 2021). "Stop AAPI Hate: An Interview with Russell M. Jeung, Part 1". Christian Scholar's Review. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ Center for Community Engagement. "The Oak Park Story Documentary Film". California State University. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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