Education
Ph.D., New York University
B.A., Williams College
Research Interests
Asian American Literature; Critical Race Studies; Literature and Law
Biographical Notes
Professor Allan Punzalan Isaac specializes in Asian American and comparative race studies and examines issues around migration, postcoloniality, gender and sexuality, and the Philippines and its diaspora. His first book American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America was the recipient of the Association for Asian American Studies Cultural Studies Book Award. His second book is entitled, Filipino Time: Affective Worlds and Contracted Labor. He has taught at DeLaSalle University-Taft in Manila, Philippines as a Senior Fulbright Scholar. His current research focuses on death and dying in the Filipino diaspora. He teaches a broad range of courses in theory and literature, Asian American Studies, critical race theory, U.S. cultural studies, and comparative race studies.
Awards, Fellowships, and Grants
- Association for Asian American Studies Cultural Studies Book Award
- Senior Fulbright Scholar-Philippines
Selected Publications
American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America (2006)
Courses Offered
Undergraduate:
- Asian American Literature and Its Discontents
- Gender & Sexuality in Asian American Literature
