Department and Institution:
Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Bio/CV:
James Sun is a Ph.D. student in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley focusing on Asian American environmental history. They are currently researching the history of Asian rice in the U.S., including how rice came to the U.S., the communities and inter-ethnic relations that formed around growing, cooking, and eating rice, and the environmental impact of growing rice in the U.S. James formerly taught on a Fulbright Fellowship in South Korea, worked at an environmental nonprofit focused on industrial decarbonization, and graduated from Yale with a degree in Statistics and a degree in Global Affairs. They are excited to combine their environmental work and statistical analysis skills with their interest in Asian American history.
