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Catherine Choy, UC Berkeley

Professor,
Ethnic Studies
She/Her/Hers

Catherine Ceniza Choy is an Asian American historian and professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Asian American Histories of the United States (2022). The book features the themes of violence, erasure, and resistance in a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the U.S. It was named a Best of 2022 nonfiction book by Kirkus Reviews, and is a finalist for the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Choy’s first book, Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History (2003), explored how and why the Philippines became the leading exporter of professional nurses to the United States. It received the 2003 American Journal of Nursing History and Public Policy Book Award and the 2005 Association for Asian American Studies History Book Award. Her second book, Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America (2013), unearthed the little-known historical origins of Asian international adoption in the United States beginning with the post-World War II presence of the U.S. military in Asia. An engaged public scholar, Choy has been interviewed in many media outlets, including ABC 20/20, CNN, NBC News, the New York Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Choy is a former Department Chair of Ethnic Studies (2012-2015, 2018-2019), Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies Division (2019-2021), and Associate Dean of the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (2021-2023). The daughter of Filipino immigrants, she received her Ph.D. in History from UCLA and her B.A. in History from Pomona College.

Email: ceniza@berkeley.edu
Website: https://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/people/catherine-ceniza-choy/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinecenizachoy/

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