Keith Osajima
Education
- Ph.D., American Culture & Anthropology, University of Michigan
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B.A., Anthropology, Princeton University
Professional Background
Keith Osajima is Professor and Director of the Race and Ethnic Studies Program. He is in his 15th year at the University of Redlands, having taught previously at the University of California, Davis, and Colgate University. Professor Osajima teaches core major courses in the Program such as “Introduction to Race and Ethnic Studies,” “Race Theory” and the “Senior Capstone Seminar.” He also teaches courses on whiteness and anti-racism, environmental justice, race in higher education, and Asians in the United States. Professor Osajima has written numerous articles on Asian Americans in higher education, which cover span issues related to the politics of race in education, internalized racism and the model minority stereotype. He has also written and conducted workshops on diversity issues in higher education.
Previous Teaching Experience
Colgate University, Department of Education
University of California, Davis, Asian American Studies and Education
Areas of Expertise
- Asian American students in higher education
- Critical pedagogy
- Race and higher education
Publications
“Telling Our Stories to One Another," Academe, 95:3 (2009), pp. 28-29.
“A Sacred Conversation on Race,” a four-meeting, facilitated discussion of race and racism conducted for the United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA, March 2009.
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“Asian Americans as the Model Minority: An Analysis of the Popular Press Image in the 1960’ and 1980s.” Reprinted in Zhou, Min and Gatewood, James (eds), Contemporary Asian America – A Multidisciplinary Reader, New York: NYU Press (2000), p. 449-458.
Awards and service
- Outstanding Service Award, University of Redlands, 2000
- Haynes Foundation Grant Recipient, 2000
- Mortar Board Professor of the Year 2000