Nominee Name: Dr. Thuy Vo Dang
Title: Assistant Professor of Information Studies and Asian American Studies, UCLA; Board Member of the Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association and Arts Orange County; coauthor of A People’s Guide to Orange County and Vietnamese in Orange County
About Dr. Thuy Vo Dang
Thuy Vo Dang (she/her/hers) is Assistant Professor of Information Studies at UCLA where she co-directs the Community Archives Lab. She holds a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in English and Asian American Studies from Scripps College. Her previous role was Curator for the UCI Libraries Southeast Asian Archive and Research Librarian for Asian American Studies. With research and teaching expertise in Southeast Asian diaspora, ethnic studies, oral history, and community archives, Thuy brings an interdisciplinary approach to co-creating digital humanities and archival documentation projects with educators and community-based organizations…