Douglas Ishii

Douglas Ishii is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington. He holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland (2014) and a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Irvine. His research interrogates Asian American racialization post-WWII through gender, sexuality, and class.

• Current focus on Something Real: Asian American Arts Criticism and the Racialization of Sophistication, analyzing panethnic art protocols
• Teaches courses on queer of color literature, Transpacific Asian American literatures, and race in genre fiction
• Recognized with Simpson Center for the Humanities awards and Institute for Citizens & Scholars support

His recent publications examine diversity privatization in media, queer diaspora in TV adaptations, and neoliberal critiques via the Asian American Movement. He has taught at the University of Maryland, University of Colorado, Northwestern University, and Emerson College.

• Scientific awards include Lambda Literary Award finalist (2022) and Norman Foerster Prize Honorable Mention (2022)
• Active in critical university studies and queer of color theory