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Sue Fawn Chung, Ph.D.
Office: Wright Hall B 310
Phone: (702) 895-3351
Email: suefawn.chung@unlv.edu
Website: Sue Fawn Chung, Ph.D.
- Chinese history, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
- Chinese American history
- Asian American history
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Dr. Chung received her bachelor's degree from the University
of California, Los Angeles, master's from Harvard University,
and doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. Before
arriving at UNLV, she taught at Harvard University, San Francisco
State University, and the University of California, Berkeley. Dr.
Chung began teaching in the history and art departments at UNLV in
1975 and was Director of International Programs (1985-1987) and Chair
of the History Department (1994-1996). She has been active
in various community organizations, including Nevada Humanities,
the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Clark County Asian
American Commission, Nevada State Board of Museums and History, and
the
Comstock Cemetery Foundation. She is the co-founder of Preserve Nevada
and serves on its Board. She has published numerous articles
on Chinese and Chinese American history, co-edited a book with Priscilla
Wegars, Chinese American Death Rituals: Respecting the Ancestors (Walnut
Creek: Alta Mira Press, 2005) and completed a book manuscript on
Chinese lumbermen in the American West.
Dr. Chung has received several awards, both locally
and nationally, produced or consulted on several educational television
programs, and worked on numerous museum exhibitions related to Asian
Americans. She has
worked for over twenty years in the movie industry in Hollywood,
California before coming to Las Vegas. Professor Chung is
married to Alan M. Solomon, J.D., Pharm D., and they have two sons,
Walter and Alexander.
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