Author: Leland Tabares
Dr. Leland Tabares is an assistant professor of race, ethnicity, and migration studies at Colorado College. His research examines post-1945 Asian American racialization in literature, film, and media. His scholarship is published in Journal of Asian American Studies, Verge: Studies in Global Asias, Profession, Arizona Quarterly, ASAP/J, Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association, Hyphen, and The Recipes Project. His book chapter on automation, AI, and the future of work is out in Techno-Orientalism 2.0: New Intersections and Interventions (Rutgers UP). Currently, he serves on the Delegate Assembly for the Modern Language Association and is co-chair for the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies.
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