Emily Lawsin Lecturer III U of M Affiliation(s) Program in American Culture Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Studies Department of Women's Studies M.A. in Asian American Studies (Terminal Degree), University of California, Los Angeles, 2000

Emily P. Lawsin is a second-generation Pinay originally from “She-attle”, Washington. She teaches Filipino American history and literature, Asian Pacific American Women, Oral History Methods, and Community Service-Learning courses in the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program in American Culture and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. She joined the UofM faculty in 2000, after she completed her Master of Arts degree in Asian American Studies at UCLA. From 1994-2000, she taught Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge, where she won awards for her dedication to students. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) and volunteers with Detroit Summer, the Detroit Chinatown Revitalization Committee, Detroit Asian Youth Project, Paaralang Pilipino Cultural School, Filipino Youth Initiative, Asian American Center for Justice, and the Japanese American History Project of Michigan. She is the co-author, with Joseph Galura, of Filipino Women in Detroit, 1945-1955: Oral Histories from the Filipino American Oral History Project of Michigan. Her poetry and essays on war brides, students, and writers have been published in numerous journals, newspapers, and anthologies. An oral historian and spoken word performance poet, she is a member of Ma’arte Tribe Artists Collective, and has performed on radio and stage throughout the United States and Manila. 

RESEARCH
Filipino Women in Detroit: 1945-1955, Oral Histories from the Filipino American Oral History Project of Michigan (Co-Author with Joseph A. Galura, University of Michigan OCSL Press, 2002).

“An Oral History Interview of Jessica Hagedorn,” in Words Matter: Conversations with Asian American Writers. (University of Hawai’i Press, 2000) 21-39.

“Empowering the Bayanihan Spirit: Teaching Filipina/o American Studies,” in Teaching Asian America: Diversity and the Problem of Community. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998) 187-197.

“Beyond ‘Hanggang Pier Only’: Filipino American War Brides of Seattle, 1945-1965,” Filipino American National Historical Society Journal, Vol. 4 (1996) 50-50G.

“Pensionados, Paisanos, and Pinoys: An Analysis of the Filipino Student Bulletin, 1922-1939,” Filipino American National Historical Society Journal, Vol. 4 (1996) 33-33P.

CREATIVE WRITING
“The Dozens”, in Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas. Calyx Books, 2004. (performance poetry)

“Mare Is A Diva”, “My Pinay Nanay”, & “Memories of Mrs. Menesses”, in InvASIAN: Growing Up Asian & Female in the United States. Asian Women United, 2003. (performance poetry & essay)

"Detroit's Chinatown: Vincent Chin Still Walks These Streets," The Michigan Citizen. July 2002. "Brushin' Brush Park", The Michigan Citizen. January 2001. (poetry)

“Dear Kuya Oscar”, disOrient journalzine. Vol. 9, Aiserama, 2001. (performance poetry)

"On The Unveiling of the Aloha Grocery Mural - History::Our Story", The Honolulu Advertiser. November 26, 2000, B5. (poetry)

“Notes from a University Writing Group,” in Flippin’: Filipinos on America. Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 1996. (poetry)