Dr. Anne S. Chao
Co-founder, Program Manager
Dr. Anne Chao received her M. A. and Ph.D. from Rice’s Department of History (2005 and 2009), under the direction of Prof. Richard J. Smith. Her research interests include using computational techniques to do network analysis, text-mining, and archival research on historical figures in the late Qing, early Republican China, as well as in the immigration history of Asian Americans to the south.
The Houston Asian American Archive was founded by Dr. Anne Chao in 2009. Aside, Dr. Chao has also taught courses and mentored students in the Program in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities, and in the Department of History.
Dr. Chao is a College Associate and a Divisional Advisor to undeclared humanities students at Lovett College. She is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the Chao Center for Asian Studies, the Kinder Institute, the Shepherd School of Music, and a member of the Patron Group of the Moody Center for the Arts.
Amanda Focke
Archivist, Houston Asian American Archive
Head of Special Collections, Woodson Research Center at Fondren Library
https://library.rice.edu/people/amanda-focke
Sarah Kong
HAAA Program Administrator
Ann Shi
Curatorial Consultant
Katherine Shen
Volunteer and Friend of the Archive
Our students are at the center of this Archive:
Lead Interns
Kevin Chen, Junior ('24), Biosciences and Visual and Dramatic Arts
Emily Ma, Junior ('24), Biology and English
Assistant Lead Intern
Hannah Son, Sophomore ('25), English and Sociology
Interns
Advika Rajeev, Freshman ('26), Computer Science
Caroline Huynh, Freshman ('26), Biosciences
Daniel Cho
Gina Matos, Junior ('24), English and Asian Studies
Grace Park, Freshman ('26), Neuroscience
Hai-Van Hoang
Huijun Mao, Junior ('24), English
Ian Kim, Freshman ('26), History and Economics
Jenny Park, Senior ('23), Political Science and Managerial Studies
Jocelyn Wang, Freshman ('26), Political Science and Economics
Karen Siu, Fourth-year graduate student, English
Kihan Sung, Junior ('24), Biosciences
Muyao Huang, Sophomore ('25), MathEcon and Social Policy Analysis
Rita Ajit, Sophomore ('25), English and Social Policy Analysis
Ruchi Tiwari, Freshman ('26), MathEcon and Social Policy Analysis
Sam Lee, Junior ('24), Neuroscience
Sumin Yoon, Junior ('24), Anthropology and Biochemistry
Sunny Yu, Junior ('24), Bioengineering
Teresa Chin, Freshman ('26)
Past contributors:
Professor Tani Barlow, who helped conceive the project
Patricia Wong ('16), former intern
Priscilla Li ('20), former intern
Helen Pu ('22), former intern