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Victor Bascara

Victor Bascara

· Associate Professor

University of California, Los Angeles · Asian American Studies

Active 1994–2025

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Citations322
Papers4112 last 5y
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About

Victor Bascara is an Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Asian American Studies. He previously held the position of Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and English at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He earned his doctorate from the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. His research examines various manifestations of formal and informal colonialism, with a particular emphasis on Asian American cultural politics. His current research includes a comparative study of the early 20th-century histories of the Universities of Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, and the Philippines, and he is completing a monograph on the relationship between U.S. imperialism and isolationism in the interwar period (c. 1919-1941). Bascara is also co-editing a special issue of Amerasia Journal on Asian American cultural politics across platforms, including literature, film, and new media. He has taught a wide range of courses related to Asian American literature and culture, contemporary Asian American communities, war and Filipino American experience, technology and social movements, empire and sexuality, and research methodologies. Bascara has served as faculty advisor for courses on Filipino American student activism and Pacific Islander education, and has held roles such as Undergraduate Advisor, Graduate Advisor, and Vice Chair for the Asian American Studies Department. His service extends to various UCLA centers, including the Asian American…

Research topics

  • Political Science
  • Computer Science
  • History
  • Medicine
  • Mathematics
  • Archaeology
  • Geography

Selected publications

Frequent coauthors

  • Keith L. Camacho

    Center for Asian American Media

    2 shared

  • Josephine Nock-Hee Park

    California University of Pennsylvania

    2 shared

  • Lane Ryo Hirabayashi

    Center for Asian American Media

    2 shared

  • Milo Alvarez

    University of Guam

    1 shared

  • Lisa Nakamura

    1 shared

  • Dahlia Morrone

    University of Guam

    1 shared

  • Heidi Perez

    University of Guam

    1 shared

  • Hōkūlani K. Aikau

    1 shared

Awards & honors

  • Annual Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring and Teachi…
  • Pacific Rim Research Program Faculty Initiative Grant, UC Of…
  • Center for New Racial Studies research grant, University of…
  • Golden Key Honor Society honorary member induction (2011)
  • UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations Faculty Worki…

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