The UCI Libraries established a Southeast Asian Archive Advisory Board in 1993. The Board was created 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.
The UCI Libraries SEAA Ambassadors was established in 2015 as a group of scholars, community leaders, and affiliates identified by the UCI Libraries as advocates for the distinctive resources and activities of the Southeast Asian Archive, part of Special Collections & Archives. SEAA Ambassadors reflect the diverse identities and histories represented in the collections of the UCI Libraries SEAA.
The UCI Libraries SEAA Ambassadors
- Serve as advocates for the UCI Libraries SEAA and promote the interests of the SEAA in the community
- Assist in organizing and co-sponsoring events and programs to increase awareness of the UCI Libraries SEAA
- Serve as scholarly and community resources for the UCI Libraries SEAA
SEAA Ambassadors:
Jeff Brody
Professor of Communications
California State University, Fullerton
Thai Dinh
Editor and Assistant Publisher
Nguoi Viet Daily News
Lan Duong
Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies
University of California, Riverside
Yen Le Espiritu
Distinguished Professor of Ethnic Studies
University of California, San Diego
Anne Frank
Founding Librarian for the UCI Libraries Southeast Asian Archive (retired)
Mary Anne Foo
Executive Director,
Orange County AsianPacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
Tram Le
Associate Director
Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project at UC Irvine
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
Co-founder of Cambodia Town Film Festival, Long Bea
Carina Hoang
Post Graduate Researcher
Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute
Bao Nguyen
Former Mayor of Garden Grove,California
UCI Alumnus
Tu-Uyen Nguyen
Assosiate Professor of Asian American Studies
California State University, Fullerton
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California
Eliza Noh
Associate Professor and coordinator of Asian American Studies
California State University, Fullerton
Sara Pol-Lim
Former Executive Director of United Cambodian Community, Long Beach
Prany Sananikone
Director of Diversity Relations and Educational Programs
Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at the University of California, Irvine
Cathy Schlund-Vials
President, Association for Asian American Studies
Associate Professor of English and Asian/Asian American Studies
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Caylee So
Founder/Director of Cambodia Town Film Festival
Writer/Director/Producer at Innovision Pictures
Eric Tang
Associate Professor
African and African Diaspora Studies Department
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis
University of Texas, Austin
Jack Toan
UCI Alumnae Association member & Chair of Vietnamese American Community Ambassadors
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
Seng Alex Vang
Lecturer in the Merritt Writing Program at UC Merced
Hmong Story 40
Linda Trinh Vo
Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine
Director of Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project
Roy Vu
Coordinator of History at North Lake College
Christina J. Woo
Research Librarian, UCI Libraries