Megan Asaka is an award-winning scholar, writer, and teacher of Asian American history, urban history, and public humanities
She is the author of Seattle from the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City, which examines the erased histories of the communities that built Seattle. The book was inspired by her own family history in Seattle as well as her work as an oral historian and archivist for Densho, a community-based organization that seeks to preserve and share the stories of the Japanese American incarceration. She is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Riverside and lives in Pasadena.
News and Upcoming Events
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Talk at the UW
Please join Megan for a talk at the University of Washington’s Allen Library on Tuesday, November 8, 4pm. The talk is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!
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Seattle from the Margins makes the cover of Pacific Northwest Magazine
Seattle from the Margins appeared on the cover of the Pacific Northwest Magazine, the Sunday magazine of The Seattle Times. Accompanying the excerpt was an article written by Megan about her personal connection to the story.
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Listen to Megan's KUOW Interview
Seattle from the Margins was featured on KUOW. Megan spoke with Libby Denkmann, host of Sound Side, about her book, Seattle history, and her personal motivations for writing the book. Please check it out!