Adria L. Imada
Associate Professor
Affiliated Faculty, Critical Gender Studies Program
Social Sciences Bldg. Room 230
Phone: 858.534.8935
Fax: 858.534.8194
E-mail: alimada@ucsd.edu
Office Hours
2013-14: Sabbatical
2013-14 Courses
2013-14
Sabbatical
Education
Ph.D., American Studies, New York University (2003)Certificate, Culture and Media, New York University (2002)
B.A., American Studies, Yale University
Research Interests
Cultures & Theories of U.S. Imperialism, Pacific Islands Studies, Indigenous Studies, Performance Studies, Visual Studies, Popular Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Disability Studies, Race and Medicine
Selected Publications
Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire (Duke University Press, 2012)http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=15522
http://www.scribd.com/doc/96152632/Aloha-America-by-Adria-Imada
“Transnational Hula as Colonial Culture.” The Journal of Pacific History (2011)
“The Army Learns to Luau: Imperial Hospitality and Military Photography in Hawai‘i.” The Contemporary Pacific (2008)
“Hawaiians on Tour: Hula Circuits Through the American Empire.” American Quarterly (2004)
“Head Rush: Hip Hop and a Hawaiian Nation ‘On the Rise.’” in The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip-Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture (2006)
