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Acknowledgements

Many people have contributed immensely to this essay. Tien-Tien Jong Barale-Zhang not only shepherded my work by co-programming my film series but was also a tirelessly generous reader of my work. I could rely on Tien-Tien’s inimitable mind to be faster than mine in catching errors in my reasoning and sharper than mine in posing ever more challenging questions to wrestle with. I also extend my sincere gratitude to Derek Long for having been an incredible mentor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and beyond. Derek’s comments were crucial in the drafting process, and his enthusiasm gave me the most powerful thing a young scholar can have: belief in myself and the quality of my work. Julie Turnock also provided invaluable feedback that polished my overenthusiastic political energy into an academic text shining with clarity. Maryam Kashani introduced me to many of the ideas in this essay, and taking her class sent me down a life-changing path of grappling with the conflicts between immigration and settler colonialism. I am also indebted to Doc Films, the student film society at the University of Chicago, for showing my Asian American Media film series. The best ideas can only come from collective thought, and Doc provided a space and an audience of interlocutors who received my ideas with critical warmth. I thank those spectator-interlocutors who entertained my rambling experimentation, allowing me to weed out trite ideas and focus my argument. I am grateful to Julia Lesage and an anonymous reviewer for their service; I was overjoyed to read comments that clearly came from deep wells of knowledge on Asian American media. Last but far from least, my partner Hiya Chetia was always the first to look over a paragraph I was struggling with or debate a contentious claim I was making. I am proud to have such a curious partner in my life and my work, always ready to support me when I’m wronged and bring me back to my senses when someone else was right all along.

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