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Sucheng Chan


Born
in Shanghai, China
April 16, 1941


Sucheng Chan is a Chinese-American historian, scholar, and author, recognized for her contributions to Asian American Studies. She was the first to establish a full-fledged autonomous Department of Asian American Studies at a major U.S. research university and became the first Asian American woman to hold the title of provost in the University of California system.
Born in Shanghai in 1941, Chan and her family moved to Hong Kong in 1949, Malaysia in 1950, and later to the United States in 1957. She earned a BA in Economics from Swarthmore College (1963), an MA in Asian Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi (1965), and a PhD in Political Science from UC Berkeley (1973).
Chan taught at several UC campuses, including Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Santa
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Average rating: 3.98 · 534 ratings · 48 reviews · 27 distinct works
Asian Americans: An Interpr...

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Major Problems in Californi...

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Hmong Means Free: Life in L...

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The Vietnamese American 1.5...

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Survivors: Cambodian Refuge...

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Chinese Americans and the P...

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Peoples of Color in the Ame...

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