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Annie Fukushima

Associate Professor

Ethnic, Gender & Disability Studies

Orcid identifier0000-0001-7520-2158 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Associate Professor
    Ethnic, Gender & Disability Studies

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

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    FEATURED
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    Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, Office for Undergraduate Research
    3 Apr 2023
    University of Utah
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    FEATURED
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    Lead Fellow, Transformative Intersectional Collective
    1 Jan 2023
    Cultural & Social Transformation, University of Utah
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    Center for Arts Design & Social research (opens in a new tab)⁠
    16 Jan 2026
    Board of Directors
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    Asian Association of Utah (opens in a new tab)⁠
    15 Jan 2026
    Member, Board of Directors
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    Freedom Network USA (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Apr 2025
    Freedom Network USA Steering Committee, Member
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    RUUTE-Y Award, The RUUTE and Regional Affairs team
    1 Jan 2022
    School of Medicine, University of Utah
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    Salt Lake Acting Company (opens in a new tab)⁠
    16 Aug 2021
    Member of Board of Directors
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    Utah Domestic Violence Coalition (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Mar 2021
    Member of Board of Directors
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    American Sociological Association Section on Asia and Asian America's Book Award on Asian America. (opens in a new tab)⁠
    31 Aug 2020
    American Sociological Association
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    Honoree, Celebrate U Event, A Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements
    1 Apr 2020
    The Celebrate U Task Force, University of Utah
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    Book Award
    1 Jan 2020
    American Sociological Association's Section on Asia and Asian America
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    Presidential Leadership Fellow
    1 Jan 2020
    University of Utah, Andrew Mellon Foundation
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    Faculty Fellow
    1 Jan 2019
    Center for Arts, Design and Social Research
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    Faculty Fellow
    1 Jun 2018
    Center for Arts, Design and Social Research, Commonplaces and Entanglements
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    American Sociological Association
    1 Aug 2016 - 31 Jul 2019
    Human Rights Section
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Utah Trafficking in Persons Task Force.
    12 May 2016 - 31 Dec 2022
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Founder and Lead Organizer, WOCA Collective, University of Utah, Spring 2016 – Present. (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2016
    WoCA is a retention community that organizes events, workshops, and social gatherings to support minorities in higher education (faculty, staff, and student).
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    Exemplary Diversity Scholar
    1 May 2015
    National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID)
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    Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jul 2013
    Rutgers University, 2013 – 2015, $50,000 each year.
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    Postdoctoral Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon
    1 Jul 2013
    Rutgers University
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    Dean's Summer Fellowship, Ethnic Studies
    1 May 2011
    University of California, Berkeley
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    Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
    1 May 2011
    University of California, Berkeley
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    National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
    1 Aug 2010 - 1 Dec 2012
    Board of Directors
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
    1 Aug 2010 - 1 Dec 2012
    Board of Directors
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    Summer Scholarship, Statistics Institute, Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences
    1 May 2010
    University of California