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Alexyss McClellan-Ufugusuku

Education:

B.A., History, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., History, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., History, Designated Emphasis in Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Dissertation:

Shima-centric: The Political Indeterminacy of the Ryūkyū Islands/ Okinawa and the creation of the United States' archipelagic empire, 1943 — present

Thesis Advisor:

Alan Christy, Professor of History and Alice Yang, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Topic:

Defining USCAR: Islands, Indigeneity, and Identity in the Ryūkyū Archipelago

Mentor:

Wendy Matsumura, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego

Current Position:

President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of California, San Diego

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