Last updated on: 5/30/2013 | Author: ProCon.org

Franklin Odo, PhD Biography

Title:
Founding Director of the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center
Position:
None Found to the question "Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of May 30, 2013

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Professor, “Asian Americans in the Public Eye,” University of Maryland, College Park, summer 2013
  • Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii, West Oahu, 2011
  • Wilson Center Expert, Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008
  • Founding Director, Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center, 1997-2010
  • Former Chief, Asian Division, Library of Congress
  • Visiting Professor, History and American studies, University of Pennsylvania
  • Visiting Professor, History and American Studies, Hunter College
  • Visiting Professor, History and American Studies, Princeton University
  • Former Visiting Professor, History and American Studies, Columbia University
  • Former Professor, sociology and ethnic Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
  • Director, Asian American Studies, California State Long Beach
  • Associate Professor, California State University at Long Beach
  • Former Lecturer and Curriculum Coordinator, Ethnic Studies, University of California at Los Angeles
  • Professor, Occidental College, 1968
Education:
  • PhD, Princeton University, 1975
  • MA, East Asia Regional Studies, Harvard University, 1963
  • BA, Asian Studies, Princeton University, 1961
Other:
  • Recipient, Association for Asian American Studies Lifetime Achievement Award, Apr. 14, 2012
  • Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Asian American Justice Center, 2010