Books and Chapters

Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (2016)

Actors, Asian American (2014)  Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia 

Playing 'Ghetto': Embodiments of South Central in Popular Culture (2010), in  Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities 

Without a Trace: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time Television (2007), in Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary Reader 

Performing Race, Negotiating Identity: Asian American Professional Actors in Hollywood (2004),  in Asian American Youth Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity 

Reports

TOKENS ON THE SMALL SCREEN: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Prime Time and Streaming Television (2017). 

TERRORISTS & TYRANTS: Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Actors on Prime Time and Streaming Television (2018)

Articles

Despite Starring in Huge Blockbusters, Zoe Saldaña Doesn’t Earn as Much as White Actresses (8/22/2018)

Welcome To The Summer Of Asian-American Rom Coms (7/30/2018) 

‘Fresh Off The Boat’ Expanded What Family Looks Like. Don’t Cancel It (4/26/2018)

A Joyful Reunion: The Joy Luck Club Looks Back (10/30/2017)

The Lost Generation: From ‘The Joy Luck Club’ To ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ (6/24/2017)

Star Trek Discovery: Boldly Representing Women Of Color (9/25/2017)

Representation Matters: Super Asian Americans (7/28/2017)

Ed Skrein Leaving ‘Hellboy’ to Avoid Whitewashing Was the Right Thing to Do (8/30/2017)

​Kudos to Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park for Walking Away From ‘Hawaii Five-0’ (7/6/2017)

Saving Asia: A How-To Guide for White Actors (4/4/2017)

La La Land, Racism, and Political Correctness 
​(2/14/2017)

State of the Industry: From #OscarsSoWhite to ‘Moonlight’ (12/27/2016)

10 Actors of Color to End #OscarsSoWhite 
​(12/14/2016)

Birth of a Controversy  
​(10/30/2016) 

Transforming Hollywood: Diversity Problems and Solutions (10/22/2016)

A Racist Version of Mulan? A Movement to #MakeMulanRight (10/10/2016)

Alan Yang’s Emmy Speech and the Model Minority Myth (9/19/2016)

Lessons from Star Trek's 50 Years of Inclusion (9/8/2016)

 Super Asian America: Comic-Con and Beyond (7/26/2016)

​Post 9/11, but not Post-Racial: An essay on 'Heroes' and 'Lost'  (2009) 

Missing in Action: ‘Framing’ Race on Prime Time Television (2008)

The Asian American Vote: How the Media Portrays Race Relations in the 2008 Democratic Primaries (2009) 

Setting the Stage (2006) 

Asian Pacific Americans in Prime Time: Lights, Camera, and Little Action (2005) 

Documentaries

​Producer, MASS CONFUCIAN:
Chinese Language or Communist Propaganda? (2014), digital, 25 min. 
This documentary premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 3, 2014 and the San Diego Asian Film Festival on November 8, 2014. 

Producer, Living in Silence: Toraichi Kono
"Living in Silence: Toraichi Kono" is a digital documentary about the life of Toraichi Kono, a Japanese American who became Charlie Chaplin's personal valet and confidant only to lose it all in an environment of accusation, fear and paranoia. This untold story threads together classic Hollywood, Japanese American and World War II history.