UC Irvine Libraries established a Southeast Asian Archive (SEAA) Advisory Board in 1993 to assist the founding SEAA Research Librarian, Anne Frank, with outreach in the SEAA communities and to provide leadership and advocacy for the burgeoning archive.
In 2015, the UC Irvine Libraries SEAA Ambassadors were established as a group of scholars, community leaders, and affiliates identified by the Libraries. Ambassadors serve as advocates for the distinctive resources and activities of the SEAA, part of Special Collections & Archives. SEAA Ambassadors reflect the diverse identities and histories represented in the SEAA collections. The SEAA Ambassadors:
- Serve as advocates for the SEAA and promote the interests of the SEAA in the community
- Assist in organizing and cosponsoring events and programs to increase awareness of the SEAA
- Serve as scholarly and community resources for the SEAA
SEAA Ambassadors
Last updated January 2024
- Steve Arounsack, filmmaker and producer, Professor, California State University, Stanislaus
- Lian Cheun, Executive Director, Khmer Girls in Action
- Quyen Dinh, Executive Director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
- Lan Duong, Associate Professor, Bryan Singer Division of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Southern California
- Yen Le Espiritu, Distinguished Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego
- Anne Frank, Founding Librarian and Curator, UC Irvine Libraries Southeast Asian Archive (retired)
- Mary Anne Foo, Executive Director, Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
- Suzanne Im, former curator, UC Irvine Libraries Southeast Asian Archive
- Aleena Inthaly, Chief of Staff, Legacies of War
- Tram Le, Arts and Culture Specialist, City of Santa Ana
- Ysa Le, Executive Director, Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA)
- Jonathan H. X. Lee, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
- praCH Ly, musician, filmmaker, activist, and cofounder of Cambodia Town Film Festival, Long Beach
- Carina Hoang, Postgraduate Researcher, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute
- Sue Kim, Associate Dean, College of FAHSS, and Codirector of the Center for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Tu-Uyen Nguyen, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
- Viet Thanh Nguyen, Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
- Vattana Peong, Executive Director, The Cambodian Family Community Center
- Sara Pol-Lim, Former Executive Director, United Cambodian Community, Long Beach
- Sophea Seng, Assistant Professor in Asian American Studies, California State University, Long Beach
- Davorn Sisavath, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
- Caylee So, Founder/Director, Cambodia Town Film Festival, and writer, director, and producer at Innovision Pictures
- Christine Su, Coordinator for Career Services and Student Success, College of San Mateo, and author and community activist
- Eric Tang, Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies Department, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis, University of Texas, Austin
- Khatharya Um, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies/Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Berkeley
- Phitsamay S. Uy, Associate Professor and Codirector of Center for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Seng Alex Vang, Lecturer, Merritt Writing Program, UC Merced, Hmong Story 40
- Linda Trinh Vo, Professor of Asian American Studies, UC Irvine, and Director of Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project
- Thúy Võ Đặng, Professor, Department of Information Studies, UCLA, and former curator of the UC Irvine Southeast Asian Archive
- Roy Vu, Coordinator of History at North Lake College
- Christina Woo, former Research Librarian for the Southeast Asian Archive (retired)