Christine Hong

Christine Hong is Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) and Literature at UC Santa Cruz where she organized alongside students for ethnic studies and served as the founding chair of CRES. She directs the Center for Racial Justice at UC Santa Cruz, serves on the board of directors of the Korea Policy Institute, an independent research and educational institute, and sits on the UC Ethnic Studies Council. She is a core member of the Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective and the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism. In greater Santa Cruz, she serves on the board of Santa Cruz Black and organizes with Pajaro Valley for Ethnic Studies and Justice. Her book, A Violent Peace: Race, Militarism, and Cultures of Democratization in Cold War Asia and the Pacific, was published by Stanford University Press in 2020.