Russell Mark Jeung () is an American sociologist at

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...

. He is known for his social activism on racism towards

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and as the co-founder of

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Biography

Jeung obtained both his

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in Human Biology and

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in Education at

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in 1984. He further completed a M.A. in

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

(1995) and a Ph.D. in sociology at the

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(2000). His Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Emerging Asian American Pan-Ethnic Congregations: The Religious Construction of Symbolic Racial Identity" was later published by Rutgers University Press, with the new title ''Faithful Generations: Race and new Asian American Churches''. After teaching at

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for two years, he joined the Department of

Asian American Studies Asian American Studies is an academic field originating in the 1960s, which critically examines the history, issues, sociology, religion, experiences, culture, and policies relevant to Asian Americans. It is closely related to other Ethnic Studies ...

, San Francisco State University in 2002 and is current Professor at the department.

Community activism

Jeung is involved in a number of community projects, seeing his activism as a way to live out his

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religion. He and Valerie Soe produced ''The Oak Park Story'', a 2010 documentary about his faith-based community organizing in

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among

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and

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. It was a Blue Ribbon Award Semi-Finalist. Jeung is known for helping to launch

in March 2020, in coalition with leaders Cynthia Choi of

Chinese for Affirmative Action Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) is a San Francisco–based advocacy organization. Founded in 1969, its initial goals were equality of access to employment and the creation of job opportunities for Chinese Americans. The group broadened its mi ...

and Manjusha P. Kulkarni from AAPI Equity Alliance as a response to the increase of racism against Asian Americans during

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. The project provides community resources to assist drafting policy to fight against racism and bullying. ''Time'' magazine has named Jeung, together with Kulkarni and Choi, among the

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of 2021, for they "have locked arms with other BIPOC organizations to find restorative justice measures so that civil rights—for all vulnerable groups—receive the protection they deserve."

Works

* Jeung, Russell, Karen Umemoto, Harvey Dong, Eric Mar, Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani, and Arnold Pan (2019). ''Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies''. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center. ISBN 9780934052542 * Jeung, Russell, Seanan S. Fong, and Helen Jin Kim (2019). ''Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans''. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190875923 * Jeung, Russell (2016). ''At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors''. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 9780310527831 * Chen, Carolyn and Russell Jeung (2012). ''Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation''. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 9780814717363 *

References

External links

Faculty Page
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