Donna Doan Anderson
Election
Position
Name
Donna Doan Anderson
Candidate statement
Mellon Research Assistant Professor in U.S. Law and Race, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bio: My name is Donna Doan Anderson (she/her), and I currently am the Mellon Research Assistant Professor in U.S. Law and Race in the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I received my Ph.D. in U.S. History with an emphasis on Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UNL, I am affiliated with the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, the Institute for Ethnic Studies, and the Center for Great Plains Studies, and she is a core faculty member of the U.S. Law and Race Initiative. My research on Midwestern Asian American histories, my placement at the University of Nebraska, and prior service with AAAS enable me to serve in the position of Midwest Representative on the AAAS board well.
In brief, my research examines the intersections of land policy and immigration within rural Asian American communities in the United States during the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. The research for my monograph has been supported by Huntington Library, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies (BYU), Digital Ethnic Studies Research Institute (University of Nebraska), and the Immigration History Research Center Archives (University of Minnesota). Additionally, my published works can be found in the Journal of Asian American Studies, American Studies journal, and the Middle West Review (forthcoming), while a co-authored chapter examining remittances and urban development in Vietnam can be found in Governing Cities in the 21st Century: Asian Perspectives (Routledge, 2020). She also won the Midwestern History Association’s Dorothy Schwieder Prize for Best Article on Midwestern History for her article, “Acceptance for Admission: Administrations of Japanese American Relocation and the Midwestern University” (American Studies, 2023).
Further, I have a history of active involvement at AAAS and service to the field of Asian American Studies. I began attending AAAS in 2021 and between 2023-2024, I served as the graduate student representative of the History Section. With James Zarsadiaz and Will Gow, I developed resources that built connections among historians at AAAS, such as a conference brainstorm spreadsheet, contributions to monthly section newsletters, and assisting with section meeting agenda items. Presently, I serve as one of the hosts of the New Books Network podcast in Asian American Studies and have interviewed over a dozen Asian American Studies scholars about their recently published works. These experiences provide a scope of the state of the field, while also keeping me abreast to changes, challenges, and considerations needed to contribute to decision making for the organization.
Bio: My name is Donna Doan Anderson (she/her), and I currently am the Mellon Research Assistant Professor in U.S. Law and Race in the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I received my Ph.D. in U.S. History with an emphasis on Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UNL, I am affiliated with the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, the Institute for Ethnic Studies, and the Center for Great Plains Studies, and she is a core faculty member of the U.S. Law and Race Initiative. My research on Midwestern Asian American histories, my placement at the University of Nebraska, and prior service with AAAS enable me to serve in the position of Midwest Representative on the AAAS board well.
In brief, my research examines the intersections of land policy and immigration within rural Asian American communities in the United States during the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. The research for my monograph has been supported by Huntington Library, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies (BYU), Digital Ethnic Studies Research Institute (University of Nebraska), and the Immigration History Research Center Archives (University of Minnesota). Additionally, my published works can be found in the Journal of Asian American Studies, American Studies journal, and the Middle West Review (forthcoming), while a co-authored chapter examining remittances and urban development in Vietnam can be found in Governing Cities in the 21st Century: Asian Perspectives (Routledge, 2020). She also won the Midwestern History Association’s Dorothy Schwieder Prize for Best Article on Midwestern History for her article, “Acceptance for Admission: Administrations of Japanese American Relocation and the Midwestern University” (American Studies, 2023).
Further, I have a history of active involvement at AAAS and service to the field of Asian American Studies. I began attending AAAS in 2021 and between 2023-2024, I served as the graduate student representative of the History Section. With James Zarsadiaz and Will Gow, I developed resources that built connections among historians at AAAS, such as a conference brainstorm spreadsheet, contributions to monthly section newsletters, and assisting with section meeting agenda items. Presently, I serve as one of the hosts of the New Books Network podcast in Asian American Studies and have interviewed over a dozen Asian American Studies scholars about their recently published works. These experiences provide a scope of the state of the field, while also keeping me abreast to changes, challenges, and considerations needed to contribute to decision making for the organization.