Dr. Simeon Man

Biography

Simeon Man is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego. His scholarly work focuses on race, empire, and the history of the twentieth century United States, with specific attention to American Studies and Asian American Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 2012 and has previously held positions such as the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University and Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Southern California. His book, 'Soldiering Empire: Race Making Decolonizing Pacific' published by the University of California Press in 2018, examines the cultural history of the U.S. military in the Asia-Pacific region during World War II and discusses how citizens and soldiers became active participants in the U.S. empire's ongoing struggle for global decolonization. Prof. Man is also the inaugural director of the Asian American Pacific Islander Studies Program and engages with subjects related to contemporary antimilitarism, transpacific nuclear industries, and social movements. In recognition of his teaching, he received the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019. He teaches courses in Asian American history and U.S. imperial history, among others.

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