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Michael Jin serves as Associate Professor of Global Asian Studies and History at the University of Illinois Chicago, specializing in transpacific migration, diasporas, and racial formation across North America and East Asia.
His seminal work "Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless" documents 50,000+ U.S.-born Japanese Americans in Japan's colonial sphere, connecting Pacific Rim histories pre-during-post WWII. Current research examines Korean atomic bomb survivors' struggles against legacies of Japanese colonialism, U.S. militarism, and Cold War politics in pursuit of justice.
Jin actively shapes public education through partnerships with the Newberry Teachers’ Consortium and National Japanese American Historical Society, developing K-12 ethnic studies curricula. He served on the Advisory Group for Illinois' TEAACH Act—the nation's first mandate for Asian American history in public schools—demonstrating impactful policy engagement.
