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Faculty

Department Chair
David Wrobel

American Indian History
William J. Bauer

Asian History
Sue Fawn Chung

European History
Andrew Bell
Gregory Brown
Colin Loader
Michelle Tusan
Janet Ward
Paul Werth
Elspeth Whitney

Latin American History
Tom Wright

Near Eastern & Islamic History
John Curry

U.S. History
Jay Coughtry
Kevin Dawson
Joseph A. (Andy) Fry
Marcia Gallo
Joanne Goodwin
Greg Hise
David Holland
Eugene Moehring
Elizabeth W. Nelson
Todd Robinson
David Tanenhaus

U.S. West History
Raquel Casas
Andrew Kirk
David Wrobel

 

Sue Fawn Chung, Ph.D.
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

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.