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Rick Bonus
Associate Professor, American Ethnic Studies
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B527 Padelford Hall |
Rick Bonus obtained his doctoral degree in Communication from the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Locating Filipino Americans: Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Space (Temple 2000), co-editor with Linda Trinh Vo of Contemporary Asian American Communities: Intersections and Divergences (Temple 2002), and writer of several essays on race, ethnicity, culture, public space, and power. His current projects include a book on the politics of college retention and a co-edited volume on Filipino Americans and education. He has been involved in the creation and directorship of the Diversity Minor program, in advising several undergraduate student mentorship programs, and he also serves as interim director of the Southeast Asia Center of the Jackson School. He is also current president of the Association for Asian American Studies.
2008. “Transforming the Place That Rewards and Oppresses Us.” In Transforming the Academy: Challenging Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia in the Ivory Tower , ed. Mary K.Y. Danico and Brett Stockdill. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
2006. “Interview with Rick Bonus: Reflections on the State of Filipino/a American Studies.” In Positively No Filipinos Allowed: Building Discourse, Building Community, and Reclaiming Resistance, ed. Edgardo Gutierrez, Ricardo Gutierrez, and Antonio T. Tiongson, Jr. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Vo, Linda Trinh and Rick Bonus, eds. 2002. Contemporary Asian American Communities: Intersections and Divergences. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press.
2000. Locating Filipino Americans: Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Space. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press.
2000. “Of Palengkes and Beauty Pageants: Filipino American-Style Politics in Southern California.” In Cultural Compass: Ethnographic Explorations of Asian America, ed. Martin F. Manalansan IV. Philadelphia, PA: Temple Univ. Press. 67-84.
1997. “Denials, Resistance, and Incorporation: The Politics of Filipino Americanness in Southern California.” In Memories of Overdevelopment: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary Art, ed. Wayne Baerwaldt. Manitoba, Canada: Plug In Editions. 62-66.
Filipino American Studies, Asian American Studies, Immigration and Transnationalism, Media and Race, Race and Public Space, Minorities in Education
American Ethnic Studies (AES) 151: Introduction to the Social Structures and Cultures of American Ethnic
Groups
This course provides an introduction to the major theories, debates, and issues concerning the study of social structures and cultures of American ethnic groups. Utilizing social science/cultural studies frameworks, it examines concepts of identity, culture, group formation, and social/political structure to broaden one’s understanding of the patterns of relations of power between dominant and “minority” groups as well as among various “minority” groups in the U.S.
Asian American Studies (AAS) 360: Filipino American History and
Culture
This course examines the historical and contemporary configurations of Filipinas and Filipinos in the United States in order to understand their colonial histories, their immigration and settlement patterns, their practices of identity constructions, as well as their interactions with each other and with other groups. Considering that Filipino Americans are a unique, diverse, and heterogeneous group, this course will also explore the larger questions of American imperialism, U.S.-Philippine colonial relations, immigration, racialization, ethnic group formation in the U.S., diaspora, and political/cultural notions of ethnicity in general. Such an investigation will draw on theoretical, historical, social science, and literary sources. It will also encompass discussions of “community” and “identity” from the perspectives of community members and the students attending the class.
American Ethnic Studies (AES) 340: Race, Ethnicity, and Education
This course focuses on the critical social and political dimensions of race and ethnicity in the ways they relate to issues and practices of pedagogy and power in American education. It seeks to explore these issues within an American ethnic studies framework by considering how schooling may be understood as a site in which contemporary politics of diversity and the dynamics of power relationships are played out especially against the backdrop of the changing and increasingly diverse demographics of students, teachers, and parents.
Asian American Studies (AAS) 314 / Anthropology (Anth) 314: Ethnography, Transnationalism, and Community in Island Southeast Asia and Asian America.
The purpose of this course is to explore the transformative processes of transnationalism and the creative possibilities of community for Southeast Asians, Southeast Asian Americans in Seattle, and beyond, through the approaches provided by ethnography. The course will facilitate discussions around the politics of representation and migration in relation to identity and community formation among marginalized populations. Our approach for teaching this class will be interdisciplinary and comparative. Our method for engaging students in this conversation will be classroom discussion, mini ethnographic projects, field trips, and group presentations.
Asian American Studies (AAS) 385: Asian American Law and Immigration
This course explores the relationship between Asian American immigration history and the law. We will examine the historical and contemporary construction of the Asian American immigrant/citizen/subject on the basis of debates on, arguments about, and enactments of legal statutes and court decisions in the U.S. Specifically, discussions will cover issues pertaining to justice, immigration and exclusion, naturalization and citizenship, internment and redress, sovereignty and self-determination, family and culture, gender and sexuality, free/hate speech and violence, refugee policy, and affirmative action and education. Since this may be considered a writing course, students are expected to fulfill several writing exercises.
