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Yuri W. Doolan is Associate Professor of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and inaugural chair of Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies at Brandeis University. An award-winning historian, his research examines anti-Asian racism and structural violence within US militarism and empire. He holds a PhD and MA from Northwestern University and a BA from The Ohio State University.
Research Focus: Doolan's scholarship critically engages with transpacific power dynamics through lenses including Critical Adoption Studies, militarized sexual economies, and Korean diaspora experiences. His work intersects ethnic studies, gender theory, and Cold War history to analyze legacies of US imperialism in Asia-Pacific regions.
Awards and Grants: Recognized for scholarly impact, his honors include:
- Kluge Fellowship (Library of Congress, 2025)
- ACLS Fellowship (2023)
- Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award (2024)
- Multiple Fulbright and Korea Foundation grants supporting archival research
Publications and Projects: Author of The First Amerasians (Oxford UP, 2024), which received an honorable mention from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. Currently developing a second book on military prostitution's relationship to anti-Asian violence.
