Coordinator

Jenny Banh is an associate professor of Asian American Studies and Anthropology. She received Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside, an M.A. in Cultural Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and an B.A. in Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research has focused on Asia/Asian American studies, Cultural Anthropology, and Popular Culture. Her current research examines the barriers/bridges to Southeast Asian American students, Asian restaurants, and a Hong Kong corporation. 

In her community work she has conducted, coded and transcribed over 40 oral histories of Southeast Asian Americans (Hmong, Laotian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Mien, Cambodian) who live in Central Valley. She donated all the oral histories to the Libraryto create the Central Valley Southeast Asian American Successful Voices Archive. Recently she created seven new ASAM courses and an educational certificate. She has been awarded two teaching awards and one service award.