Lok Siu is a Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in transnational Asian American experiences, cultural citizenship, and diasporic communities across the Americas. Her interdisciplinary work bridges anthropology and ethnic studies to examine identity formation in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Her educational foundation includes: PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University (2000) MA in Anthropology from Stanford University (1995) BA in Anthropology with a minor in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley (1993) Professor Siu's research critically engages Chinese diaspora formations , cultural politics of food , and transnational belonging , with particular focus on hemispheric connections between Asia and the Americas. Her scholarship interrogates how marginalized communities navigate citizenship through cultural practices, from Panamanian Chinese communities to contemporary Chino Latin@ foodways. Current projects explore food truck culture as sites of urban hipness and mobile identity. Her publication trajectory reveals evolving methodological and thematic depth—from ethnographic studies of Central American Chinese communities to analyses of food media and transnational Asian American formations. Recurring themes include gendered citizenship, colonial legacies, and the refashioning of ethnic identity through migration and globalization. Her scholarly recognition includes: Social Sciences Book award for Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in Panama (2005) Social Sciences Book award for co-edited volume Asian Diasporas: New Formations, New Conceptions (2007) Professor Siu's research has been sustained through significant funding including a $50,000 Rockefeller Foundation grant as Principal Investigator for the Gender and Cultural Citizenship Working Group (2002-2003), alongside multiple institutional fellowships. TACA and Dean's Fellowships at UT Austin (2010, 2009) Goddard and FAS Fellowships at NYU (2003, 2005) Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University (2001-2002) Curricular Development grants from NYU (2006)












