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Mar. 9, 2023

In the Media: Wendy Cheng Discusses Archival Research at the Huntington Library, Pasadena Now Reports

Department of American Studies

March 9, 2023

In the Media: Wendy Cheng Discusses Archival Research at the Huntington Library, Pasadena Now Reports

Cheng highlighted the archive of Lily Lee Chen, the first Chinese American woman to be elected mayor of any city in the United States.

March 2, 2023

In the Media: Wendy Cheng Discusses Monterey Park’s Mourning and History in Zócalo Public Square

Cheng says Monterey Park is “a home for ‘immigrants and lost ones,’ where those who have been historically excluded or vilified elsewhere might come to dance with others who are not exactly like them.”

September 2, 2022

In the Media: Wendy Cheng Discusses History of Taiwanese Immigrant Experience in Los Angeles Times

Associate Professor of American Studies Wendy Cheng discussed the history of the Taiwanese immigrant identity in a Los Angeles Times article on the current Taiwanese American experience.

August 9, 2022

Mirabella Miller ’24 Examines Relationship Between Traditional Femininity and Existential Doom

Miller’s podcast examines how women view their future personal and professional accomplishments through internalized gender stereotypes.

May 6, 2021

In the Media: Wendy Cheng Discusses the Heritage of Descanso Gardens on Fox 11

Associate Professor of American Studies Wendy Cheng discussed how Descanso Gardens’s collection of camellias can be traced to Japanese American flower growers of the 1930s, who were later interned during World War II. “Japanese American flower growers right before the war made up 50 percent of the LA flower market,” she said.