FORTHCOMING

“Back to Black?: Race, Recovery and Retro-Soul.” Pop When the World Falls Apart. Edited by Eric Weisbard. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (2009/10)
Anthology essay (solicited, refereed).

“The Bullfighter's Journey: From 'Viva Tirado' to 'La Raza.'” Critical Mixtape: De-ciphering Hip Hop Songs. Edited by Loren Kajikawa, Jordan Smith, Christina Zanfagna, Ebony Utley. Press pending. (2009/10)
Anthology essay (solicited, refereed).

Legions of Boom: Mobility, Identity and Filipino American Disc Jockeys in the San Francisco Bay Area. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (2009/10)
Monograph (refereed).

Rapping and Repping Asian...

"Rapping and Repping Asian: Race, Authenticity, and the Asian American MC."

Appears in Alien Encounters : Popular Culture in Asian America.
Edited by Mimi Thi Nguyen, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu.
Published by Duke Press, 2007.

Anthology essay (solicited, refereed).

Discusses the history of Asian American rappers, from the late 1970s and through the early 2000s, paying special attention to the ways in which these artists negotiate the challenge of racial authenticity as non-Black/non-White participants..

These Are The Breaks...

"These Are The Breaks: Hip-Hop and AfroAsian Cultural (Dis)Connections."

Appears in AfroAsian encounters : culture, history, politics.
Edited by Heike Raphael-Hernandez and Shannon Steen.
Published by NYU Press, 2006.

Anthology essay (solicited, refereed).

Discusses hip-hop as a symbolic space through which Asian/African Americans encounter one another with both progressive and regressive results.

Between the Notes...

"Between the Notes: Finding Asian America in Popular Music."

Appears in American Music, 19(4), Winter 2001.

Journal article (solicited, refereed).

Examines how trends in Asian American popular music-making reflects changes, tensions and aspirations within the Asian American community from the 1970s until present.