Alexyss McClellan-Ufugusuku

Alexyss McClellan-Ufugusuku is a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on the Ryūkyū Archipelago’s political indeterminacy and the intersection of U.S. empire-building with indigenous identity formation.

• Education:
  • B.A., History & Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • M.A., History, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Ph.D., History (Designated Emphasis in Critical Race & Ethnic Studies), University of California, Santa Cruz

Her work interrogates themes such as colonial history, transnational relations, and cultural identity dynamics. McClellan-Ufugusuku’s dissertation, Shima-centric: The Political Indeterminacy of the Ryūkyū Islands/Okinawa and the creation of the United States' archipelagic empire, 1943 — present, was advised by Professors Alan Christy and Alice Yang at UC Santa Cruz.

Scientific Awards:

• President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship