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'''Russell Mark Jeung''' ({{Lang-zh|c=張華耀}})<ref name="aas">{{Cite web|title=Russell Mark Jeung 張華耀, PhD|url=https://aas.sfsu.edu/jeung-russell-mark|access-date=19 June 2021|website=Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University}}</ref> is an [[Asian American]] [[sociologist]] at [[San Francisco State University]]. He is known for his social activism on racism towards Asian Americans and is the founder of [[Stop AAPI Hate]].<ref name="npr">{{cite news |last1=Mullis |first1=Steve |last2=Glenn |first2=Heidi |title=New Site Collects Reports Of Racism Against Asian Americans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/27/822187627/new-site-collects-reports-of-anti-asian-american-sentiment-amid-coronavirus-pand |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=NPR |date=27 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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'''Russell Mark Jeung''' ({{Lang-zh|c=張華耀}})<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Russell Mark Jeung 張華耀, PhD {{!}} Asian American Studies|url=https://aas.sfsu.edu/jeung-russell-mark|access-date=2021-06-19|website=aas.sfsu.edu}}</ref> is an [[Asian American]] [[sociologist]] at [[San Francisco State University]]. He is known for his social activism on racism towards Asian Americans and is the founder of the campaign “[[Stop AAPI Hate]].”<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About Russell M Jeung {{!}} Russell Jeung {{!}} SF State Faculty Sites|url=https://faculty.sfsu.edu/~rjeung/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=faculty.sfsu.edu}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Jeung obtained both his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Human Biology and [[Master of Arts]] in Education at [[Stanford University]] in 1984. He further pursued a M.A. in [[Sociology]] (1995) and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the [[UC Berkeley]] (2000).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Russell Jeung Home Page|url=http://online.sfsu.edu/rjeung/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=online.sfsu.edu}}</ref> His Ph.D. dissertation, entitled ''Emerging Asian American Pan-Ethnic Congregations: The Religious Construction of Symbolic Racial Identity'' was later published by Rutgers University Press, with the new title ''Faithful Generations: Race and new Asian American Churches''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russell Jeung (1991) {{!}} UC Berkeley Sociology Department|url=https://sociology.berkeley.edu/russell-jeung-1991|access-date=2021-06-19|website=sociology.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
Jeung obtained both his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Human Biology and [[Master of Arts]] in Education at [[Stanford University]] in 1984. He further completed a M.A. in [[Sociology]] (1995) and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the [[UC Berkeley]] (2000).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Russell Jeung Home Page|url=http://online.sfsu.edu/rjeung/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=online.sfsu.edu}}</ref> His Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Emerging Asian American Pan-Ethnic Congregations: The Religious Construction of Symbolic Racial Identity" was later published by Rutgers University Press, with the new title ''Faithful Generations: Race and new Asian American Churches''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russell Jeung (1991)|url=https://sociology.berkeley.edu/russell-jeung-1991|access-date=19 June 2021|website=UC Berkeley Sociology Department}}</ref>


After teaching at [[Foothill College]] for two years, he joined the Department of [[Asian-American studies|Asian American Studies]], San Francisco State University in 2002 and is current Professor at the Department.<ref name=":0" />
After teaching at [[Foothill College]] for two years, he joined the Department of [[Asian American studies|Asian American Studies]], San Francisco State University in 2002 and is current Professor at the Department.<ref name="aas" />


== Community activism ==
Throughout his academic career, he has received several awards, including San Francisco State University Presidential Award (2003) and Presidential Sabbatical Award (2014), and was appointed as a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright scholar]] to visit [[Tamkang University]], [[Taiwan]] in 2008.<ref name=":2" />
Jeung is involved in a number of community projects, seeing his activism as a way to live out his Christian religion.<ref name=":1" />


He and Valerie Soe produced ''The Oak Park Story'', a 2010 documentary about his faith-based community organizing in [[East Oakland, Oakland, California|East Oakland]] among [[Cambodians]] and [[Latinos]]. It was a Blue Ribbon Award Semi-Finalist.<ref>{{cite web |author=Center for Community Engagement | title=The Oak Park Story Documentary Film |url=http://www.calstate.edu/cce/news_pubs/ECBR/oakparkstory.shtml |website=California State University |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
He involved in a number of community projects and is known for his launch of "Stop AAPI Hate" in March 2020, as a response to the increase of racism against Asian Americans during [[COVID-19]]. The project provides community resources to assist drafting policy to fight against racism.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Paul Y.|date=2021-05-20|title=Stop AAPI Hate: An Interview with Russell M. Jeung, Part 1|url=https://christianscholars.com/stop-aapi-hate-an-interview-with-russell-m-jeung-part-1/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Christian Scholar’s Review|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-10|title=Finding Jesus Among Refugees and the Undocumented {{!}} Russell Jeung|url=https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/finding-jesus-among-refugees-and-the-undocumented-russell-jeung/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Fuller Studio|language=en-US}}</ref> He is also the co-producer of ''The Oak'' ''Park Story'', a documentary about his faith-based community organizing in [[East Oakland, Oakland, California|East Oakland]] among [[Cambodians]] and [[Latinos]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russell M. Jeung -|url=https://www.livedtheology.org/russell-m-jeung/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=The Project on Lived Theology|language=en-US}}</ref> He perceives his community activism as a way to fulfill the obligations of his Christian religion.<ref name=":1" />

Jeung is known for launching [[Stop AAPI Hate]] in March 2020, as a response to the increase of racism against Asian Americans during [[COVID-19]]. The project provides community resources to assist drafting policy to fight against racism.<ref name="npr"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Paul Y.|date=20 May 2021|title=Stop AAPI Hate: An Interview with Russell M. Jeung, Part 1|url=https://christianscholars.com/stop-aapi-hate-an-interview-with-russell-m-jeung-part-1/|access-date=19 June 2021|website=Christian Scholar's Review|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Works ==
== Works ==

* Jeung, Russell, Karen Umemoto, Harvey Dong, Eric Mar, Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani, and Arnold Pan (2019). ''Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies''. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center. ISBN 9780934052542
* Jeung, Russell, Karen Umemoto, Harvey Dong, Eric Mar, Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani, and Arnold Pan (2019). ''Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies''. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center. ISBN 9780934052542
* Jeung, Russell, Seanan S. Fong, and Helen Jin Kim (2019). ''Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans''. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190875923
* Jeung, Russell, Seanan S. Fong, and Helen Jin Kim (2019). ''Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans''. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190875923

Revision as of 08:56, 29 June 2021

Russell Mark Jeung (Chinese: 張華耀)[1] is an Asian American sociologist at San Francisco State University. He is known for his social activism on racism towards Asian Americans and is the founder of Stop AAPI Hate.[2]

Biography

Jeung obtained both his Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and Master of Arts in Education at Stanford University in 1984. He further completed a M.A. in Sociology (1995) and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the UC Berkeley (2000).[3] His Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Emerging Asian American Pan-Ethnic Congregations: The Religious Construction of Symbolic Racial Identity" was later published by Rutgers University Press, with the new title Faithful Generations: Race and new Asian American Churches.[4]

After teaching at Foothill College for two years, he joined the Department of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University in 2002 and is current Professor at the Department.[1]

Community activism

Jeung is involved in a number of community projects, seeing his activism as a way to live out his Christian religion.[5]

He and Valerie Soe produced The Oak Park Story, a 2010 documentary about his faith-based community organizing in East Oakland among Cambodians and Latinos. It was a Blue Ribbon Award Semi-Finalist.[6]

Jeung is known for launching Stop AAPI Hate in March 2020, as a response to the increase of racism against Asian Americans during COVID-19. The project provides community resources to assist drafting policy to fight against racism.[2][5]

Works

  • Jeung, Russell, Karen Umemoto, Harvey Dong, Eric Mar, Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani, and Arnold Pan (2019). Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center. ISBN 9780934052542
  • Jeung, Russell, Seanan S. Fong, and Helen Jin Kim (2019). Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190875923
  • Jeung, Russell (2016). At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 9780310527831
  • Chen, Carolyn and Russell Jeung (2012). Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 9780814717363
  • Jeung, Russell (2004). Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813535036

References

  1. ^ a b "Russell Mark Jeung 張華耀, PhD". Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Mullis, Steve; Glenn, Heidi (27 March 2020). "New Site Collects Reports Of Racism Against Asian Americans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic". NPR. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Professor Russell Jeung Home Page". online.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  4. ^ "Russell Jeung (1991)". UC Berkeley Sociology Department. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b Kim, Paul Y. (20 May 2021). "Stop AAPI Hate: An Interview with Russell M. Jeung, Part 1". Christian Scholar's Review. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ Center for Community Engagement. "The Oak Park Story Documentary Film". California State University. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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