Emily Lawsin

Lecturer II in Women's Studies, Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies,and American Culture M.A. in Asian American Studies at UCLA

Contact Information:
Office:
3700 Haven Hall-Room 3640
505 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045
734.615.8868
Mailing Address:
Program in American Culture
3700 Haven Hall
505 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045
Email: elawsin@umich.edu

Scholarly Interests: Filipina/o American history, literature, and communities; oral history, public history, creative writing, spoken word performance poetry, Asian American Studies, community service-learning, pinay power pedagogy, ethnic studies online composition.

Biography: Emily P. Lawsin, Lecturer II in Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, American Culture and Women's Studies, is originally from "She-attle", Washington. She joined the U-M faculty in 2000, after teaching Asian American Studies for six years 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 and volunteers with the Detroit Asian Youth Project, Detroit Summer, Paaralang Pilipino Cultural School, and the Japanese American History Project of Michigan. She co-authored, with Joseph Galura, 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, pedagogy, and writers have been published in numerous journals, newspapers, and anthologies. An oral historian and spoken word performance poet, she has performed on radio and stage throughout the United States and Manila.

Publications:

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).

"Food and 'Piny Time': Mapping the Filipino American Experience," in Teaching About Asian Pacific Americans: Effectiveness Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006. Co-Author with Joseph A. Galura.)

“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.