Faye Caronan

Faye Christine Caronan is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at and the Associate Dean of Faculty & Staff Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado, Denver. She specializes in Comparative Ethnic Studies and the study of U.S. Imperialism. Her book, Legitimizing Empire: Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican Cultural Critique, examines how Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican cultures challenge narratives U.S. exceptionalism. Her current research examines the precarious nature of U.S. Territorial Citizenship. 

Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego
M.A., Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego
B.A., English with concentrations in Asian American Studies and Asian Studies, Cornell University

Legitimizing Empire: Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican Cultural Critique. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2017.

"Memories of US Imperialism: Narratives of the Homeland in Filipino and Puerto Rican Homes in the United States" in Philippine Studies 60:3 (2012) 337-366.

"Postcolonial Im/migration and Transnational Activist Practices:Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican Performance Poet Activism" in Transnational Crossroads: Reimagining Asian America, Latin@ America, and the American Pacific, Eds. Camilla Fojas and Rudy Guevarra. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2012.

"Colonial Consumption and Colonial Hierarchies in Representations of Philippine and Puerto Rican Tourism" in Philippine Studies 53:1 (2006) 32-58.

ETST 3272: Global Media
ETST 3297: Social History of Asian Americans
ETST 3697: Contemporary Issues in Asian American
ETST 3974: Ethnic Diversity in American Literature