Emilia Roma Ye-Myong Sawada
استادیار · Critical Ethnic Studies
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaignمعرفی
Dr. Emilia Roma Ye-Myong Sawada is an Assistant Professor in Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on critical ethnic studies, transnational feminist cultural studies, and queer of color critique, with a particular emphasis on visual culture and maternal imagery. She explores historical and contemporary artistic practices across global regions, examining themes like empire, cartography, and sexual violence.
Education:
- Ph.D. in American Studies, New York University
Teaching:
- AAS 200: US Race and Empire
- AAS 211: Asian Americans and the Arts
Her current research project, 'ghost mothers,' retheorizes imperial violence through contemporary artists' clairvoyant aesthetic interventions. Key themes in her work include cartography, settler colonialism, and the intersection of queer theory with visual practices.
No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned. She has published in Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies and Journal of Visual Culture.
