Institute faculty include:

Maxine Hong Kingston (author of The Woman Warrior, China Men and other novels; Professor Emeritus,

UC Berkeley)

Ping Chong (internationally acclaimed theatre director, playwright, video and installation artist; author of

East West Quartet and creator of Undesirable Elements performance series)

Luis Valdez (author of Zoot Suit, La Bomba; founder of El Teatro Campesino)

Kinan Valdez (actor, director, and producing artistic director of El Teatro Campesino)

Donna Gabaccia (author of Immigration and American Diversity, among many other authored and

edited books on the immigrant experience; Professor of History, University of Minnesota)

Kelly Lytle-Hernández (author of Migra: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol, among other articles

and books on immigration from Mexico to the United States; Associate Professor of History,UCLA)

Judy Yung (author of Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America, among many other articles and

books on immigration from China to the United States; Professor of American studies, UC Santa Cruz)

Sharon Ott, (theatre director and former artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Performing Arts

Faculty Savannah College of Art and Design)

David Terry (a specialist on the performance of space and place; Assistant Professor of Communication

and Performance Studies, San José State University)

Glen Gendzel (author of numerous articles on immigration; Associate Professor of History, San José State

University)

Sara Zatz (Associate Director of Ping Chong & Company; program director of Undesirable Elements

performance series)

Matthew Spangler (author of numerous articles and plays about transnational migration; Associate

Professor of Performance Studies, San José State University)

David Kahn (a specialist in documentary theatre performance; Professor of Theatre Arts, San José State

University)

The Institute scholar-participants will be composed of 25 school teachers competitively selected from around the country.  Eligibility: Full-time teachers in American K-12 schools, whether public, charter, independent, or religiously affiliated, as well as home-schooling parents, are eligible to apply to NEH Summer Institutes. Americans teaching abroad are also eligible if a majority of the students they teach are American citizens.  Librarians and school administrators may also be eligible.

For questions or to request additional information contact Project Coordinator Maria Judnick [CAimmigrationinstitute@gmail.com] or Dr. Matthew Spangler [matthew.spangler@sjsu.edu].