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title
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Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning and Asian American Studies
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department
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City & Regional Planning
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address
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317 West Sibley
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phone
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(607) 254-6540
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email
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ckl28@cornell.edu
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Clement Lai is an ethnic studies scholar and social geographer with a joint appointment in the Asian American Studies Program and in City and Regional Planning.
His research focuses on three key areas: 1) race and the city, 2) political movements, and 3) power and difference. His ongoing research projects include a study of urban renewal and its effect on communities of color in San Francisco and an examination of mid-20th Century multiracial and multiethnic neighborhoods in the U.S.
education
- B.A., Pomona College, 1987
- M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1997
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2006
courses
- CRP 395/629, The Asian American Urban Experience
- CRP 395.17/629.17, Property, Gentrification, and Displacement
- CRP 395.03/679.03, Race, Space, and Place
- AAS110, Introduction to Asian American Studies
Developing a new a course on Marxism and racial theory and another on the anti-globalization movement
research
- Asian-American history and politics
- Intersection of racial and spatial theory
- Urban renewal/redevelopment
- Social movements
- Multiracial politics
- Property and expropriation
Conducting archival research at the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California on mid-20th Century multiracial neighborhoods in Los Angeles
associations
Community Service
-Ithaca Asian American Association
-Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
-Woodminster Community Theatre, Oakland, CA
-Volunteer at National Japanese American Historical Society
-Volunteer with Urban Voice
-Volunteer with Chinese Progressive Association
-Volunteer at Joaquin Miller Elementary
-Volunteer with A-zine
exhibitions
- “The Fall of the Fillmore District: Socio-spatial Differentiation and Urban Renewal in a Multiracial Neighborhood,” Paper presented at Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 2007
- “The Model Minority and Racial Positioning,” Talk at Multicultural Resident Dormitory, Cornell, November 2008
- “Asian American Ethnic Enclaves: Development, Struggle, Solidarity,” Paper presented at East Coast Asian American Studies Union Conference, Ithaca, NY, February 2008
- “Race and Community Planning in a Multiracial Neighborhood: A Historical Case Study,” Joint AESOP-ACSP Conference, Chicago, IL, July 2008
