Dr. Kariann Yokota, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder
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Dr. Kariann Yokota graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in History, specializing in Asian American Studies, and earned her MA from the same department. Her thesis, "From Little Tokyo to Bronzeville and Back," examined interethnic relations between Asian American and African American communities during the pre- and post-WWII era. She holds a Ph.D. in History from UCLA and has previously served as an Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University. Dr. Yokota has held fellowships at Christ Church College and the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University. She is the author of Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation (2014) and is currently working on a project titled Pacific Overtures, focusing on U.S. relations in the Asia Pacific region. Dr. Yokota teaches courses on immigration, ethnicity, identity in the U.S., early American history, and material culture, including Asian American History and Identity: An Anti-Racism Toolkit.