Project Team
Wei Gan
Project Director | 1882 Foundation
Sojin Kim, PhD
Senior Consultant | Curator, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Michelle Magalong, PhD
Senior Consultant | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland and President, Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation
Karen Yee
Research Assistant | University of Maryland
Nuria Benitez
Research Assistant | Haverford College
Mia Owens, Mengshu Ye and Claudia Vinci
Research Assistants | American University
Jenn Low
Project Advisor | 1882 Foundation
Grace Dahye Kwon
Curatorial Assistant | Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Christine Han
Research Assistant | Brown University
Senior Advisors
Ted Gong
Executive Director, 1882 Foundation
Franklin Odo, PhD
Visiting Professor, Amherst College, Author, Activist and Former Director of Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Community Advisors + Subject-Matter Scholars
Harry Chow, Community Leader and Photographer
Jack Lee, Chinatown Community Leader, Chinese Youth Club
Samir Meghelli, PhD | Chief Curator, Anacostia Community Museum
Phil Nash, Esq. | Co-Founder and Teacher, Asian American Studies, University of Maryland; Board Member, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Julie Park, PhD | Director, Asian American Studies, University of Maryland
Anthony R. Sarmiento, Retired CEO, Senior Service America Inc. Former Board Member, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
Shirley and Walter Woo, Chinatown Service Center