Todd Honma

Todd Honma is Professor of Asian American Studies at Pitzer College, where he has taught since 2012 within the Asian American Studies Field Group and American Studies program.

His educational background includes:

• Chancellor’s Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego
• MA and PhD, University of Southern California
• MA and MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles
• BA, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Honma's research critically examines racialization through body culture, with focus on tattooing and body adornment in Asian American contexts. His interdisciplinary work bridges queer zine culture, Filipino American experiences, and diasporic aesthetics, while challenging racial invisibility in library science. His methodology combines cultural anthropology, critical race theory, and material culture studies to explore how identity is inscribed on bodies and within community spaces.

His publication trends reveal consistent focus on race-body intersections, particularly how tattoos function as racialized markers in Pacific contexts and Southern California communities. His conference work extends this into diaspora aesthetics and queer cultural production, demonstrating how marginalized communities create alternative knowledge spaces through embodied practices and zine-making.