Dr. Russell M. Jeung, professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and a leading sociologist of race, religion, and social movements, was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2021, in recognition of his work launching Stop AAPI Hate.

Stop AAPI Hate is a U.S.-based coalition dedicated to fighting racism and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. As the nation’s largest reporting center tracking anti-AAPI hate acts, the coalition works to create a safer, more equitable future for all. 

Jeung, who learned to integrate social activism and faith as a community activist in his East Oakland’s Murder Dubs neighborhood, asks difficult questions about longing and belonging, wealth and poverty, and how living in exile can transform your faith.

Join Malcolm Clemens Young for a conversation with Jeung about vital issues for us today: immigration, inequity, and taking faithful action.

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Dr. Russell Jeung | An Asian American Exilic Call to Politics 

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About the Guest

Dr. Russell M. Jeung received a BA in Human Biology and a MA in Education from Stanford University. After working in China and in the Mayor’s Office of San Francisco, he obtained his PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000. After teaching at Foothill College for two years, he came to San Francisco State University’s Asian American Studies Department in 2002. Dr. Jeung is author of several books, including Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans. His research interests include the Sociology of Race, the Sociology of Religion, and Social Movements. In 2020, Dr. Jeung launched Stop AAPI Hate, a U.S.-based coalition dedicated to fighting racism and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Learn more.

About the Moderator

The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young is the dean of Grace Cathedral. He is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisible Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God, and is a regular contributor on religion to the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner.

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