Biography
Vivian Yan-Gonzalez is a historian of race and politics in the 20th century United States. Her work examines the intersections of liberal and conservative thought, politics, and style in Asian American communities. Her current book project, “A Spectrum Apart: Chinese and Japanese American Republicans and Conservatives, 1920-1990,” is the first history of the meanings, boundaries, and strategies of Asian American electoral politics.
Education
PhD, History, Stanford University
MA, History, Stanford University
BA, History, Comparative Literature, University of Southern California
selected publications
Vivian Yan-Gonzalez, “Model Minority or Myth? Reexamining the Politics of S.I. Hayakawa,” Amerasia Journal (2022)
academic interests
Race and ethnicity, 20th century US history, Asian American history; political history, social history, modern conservatism and liberalism, civil rights movements; US in the world, US empire, transpacific history; diaspora, migration, travel, mobility