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October 6, 2011
Peter Kwong Appointed Distinguished Professor
At their June 2011 meeting, the CUNY Board of Trustees voted to appoint Dr. Peter Kwong, Distinguished Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, at Hunter College. Best known for his work on Chinese Americans and modern Chinese politics, Dr. Kwong teaches courses on Asian American Studies and Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College; and Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Dr. Kwong is the author of eight books including Chinese America: The Untold Story of America’s Oldest New Community; Forbidden Workers: Chinese Illegal Immigrants and American Labor; The New Chinatown; and Chinatown, New York: Labor and Politics 1930-1950.
Dr. Kwong has also been involved in the production of twenty-one documentary films, including China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, about the Chinese government’s mishandling of the 2009 earthquake, which was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 2010 Academy Awards.
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