DONALD TERUO HATA, Ph.D.     
                            
Brief Curriculum Vitae

Current Position:  Emeritus Professor of History (retired September 2002)
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). 
Mailing address: 526 South Gertruda Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.  
E-mail: dhata@csudh.edu
Residence Phone: (310) 316-4894
Curriculum vitae web page: http://cah.csudh.edu/history/hata
                                                           
Current Research
Comprehensive survey history of Japanese in the U.S. and throughout the Western Hemisphere (Nikkei).  Emphasis on evolving historiography, pervasive themes, key controversies.   

Academic Awards
1998    Teacher of the Year Award, Associated Students, Inc., CSUDH.
1996    Outstanding Professor Award, Associated Students, Inc., CSUDH.
1990    Systemwide Outstanding Professor Award, 1989-90.  California State University Board of Trustees. "For high achievement in teaching, scholarship and public service." 
1980    Award of Merit, California Historical Society (with Nadine Hata) for your pioneer efforts to clarify the historic role of Japanese Americans in California through your writing, teaching and public service." 
1977    Lyle Gibson Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, CSUDH.

Education 
1970    Ph.D., History (Modern Japan).  University of Southern California.   Funded by NDEA (National Defense Education Act) Title VI, Ford Foundation Foreign Area Fellowship (Japan),  John and Dora Haynes Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship.
1964    M.A., Asian Studies (Chinese area studies).  University of South California.  Funded by NDEA  Title VI.
1962    B.A., History major, English minor. University of Southern California.

Academic Governing & Advisory Boards
1998    Nominating Committee, American Historical Association.  1998-2002.
1996    Board of Editors, Southern California Quarterly, journal of the Historical Society of Southern California. 
1995    National Advisory Board, The History Teacher.  Society for History Education. Long Beach. 1995-.
1994    Advisory Committee, Project Vital Links:  Japan-U.S. Teachers Institute.  1994-.  Funded by the U.S.-Japan Foundation, focus on Japanese history, geography and culture as dilineated in the California History-Social Studies Framework.
1993    Consultant, Compton Unified School District "Discipline Dialogues" between professors and K-12 teachers.  Funded by FIPSE  ( Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education).  Administered by UC Irvine.  1993-94.
1979    Consultant to the Chair, National Historic Landmarks Program, U.S. Interior Dept., for inclusive  multicultural selection of national historic  sites.

Academic Administration
1982    Executive Assistant to the President, CSU Sacramento. 1982-83. 
            Declined tenure in administration;  returned to teaching at CSUDH.
1981    Director of Development (Planning), Office of the President, CSU Sacramento.  1981-82.
1980    CSU Administrative Fellow, posted to the Dean, School of Education, CSU Sacramento.  1980-81.

Teaching
1974    Professor of History,  CSUDH.  1974-2002.  Courses taught:  Asia, Japan,  Asian-Pacific American, U.S. survey.
1973    Associate Professor of History, CSUDH.  1973-74.  Courses taught: Japan, Asia, Asian-American, U.S. survey.
1972    Visiting Instructor,  L.A. County Probation Department, Staff Training.  1972-75.  Course taught: Asian-American History.
1970    Assistant Professor of History,  California State College, Dominguez Hills. 1970-73.  Courses taught:  East Asia, Asian- American, U.S. survey.
1967    Visiting Instructor in History,  Occidental College, Los Angeles.  1967-68.  Course taught: Asian History.
1965    Tutor-in-residence to cinema actor Toshiro Mifune and his family.  Tokyo, Japan.  1965-66.  Subject taught:  American language and culture.

Selected Publications
2006    Nadine and Donald Hata, Into the Mainstream: Asians & Pacific Islanders in Post-1945 Los Angeles,  chapter in CITY OF PROMISE:   Race and Historical Change in Los Angeles.  Martin Schiesl and Mark Dodge (eds.).  Claremont, CA:  Regina Books.
2006   Donald and Nadine Hata, Indispensable Scapegoats: Asians & Pacific Islanders in Pre-1945 Los Angeles,chapter in CITY OF PROMISE:   Race and Historical Change in Los Angeles.  Martin Schiesl and Mark Dodge (eds.).  Claremont, CA:  Regina Books.
2006    Donald Teruo Hata and Nadine Ishitani Hata.  Japanese Americans and World War II:  Mass Removal, Imprisonment, and Redress, Third Edition.  Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson, 2006. 
2000   Donald Teruo Hata and Nadine Ishitani Hata.  Justice Delayed But Not Denied? [on the Japanese American Redress Movement] chapter in Alien Justice:  Wartime Internment in Australia and North America.  Kay Saunders and Roger Daniels (eds.)  Australia: University of Queensland Press, 2000.
1999    Don and Nadine Hata.  The "Scavenger Hunt" research paper assignment in "Thinking Historically: Challenges and Solutions," in Perspectives on Teaching Innovations: Teaching to Think Historically.  A collection of essays from  Perspectives, newsletter of the American Historical Association.  1999.
1995    Donald Teruo Hata and Nadine Ishitani Hata.  Japanese Americans and World War II:  Exclusion, Internment, and Redress, Second Edition. Wheeling, IL:  Harlan Davidson.
1990    Donald T. Hata, Jr. and Nadine Ishitani Hata.  "Asian-Pacific Angelinos: Model Minorities and Indispensable Scapegoats,"chapter in 20th Century Los Angeles:  Power, Promotion, and Social Conflict. Norman Klein and Martin Schiesl (eds.). Claremont, CA:  Regina Books.
1989    Donald T. Hata, Jr. and Nadine Ishitani Hata.  "California Asians," chapter in A Guide to the History of California, Doyce B. Nunis and Gloria Lothrop (eds).  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press. 
1986    Don & Nadine Hata. George Shima: The Potato King of California,"  Journal of the West issue on "Business Entrepreneurs in the West."
1978    Donald Teruo Hata, Jr.  "UNDESIRABLES:  "  Early Immigrants and the Anti-Japanese Movement in San Francisco, 1892-1893 -- Prelude to Exclusion. NY:  Arno Press/New York Times Co. 
1976    Donald Teruo Hata, Jr. and Nadine Ishitani Hata.  "Run Out and Ripped Off:  A Legacy of Discrimination."  special Asian/Pacific American ed. of Civil Rights Digest, journal of the U.S. Commission On Civil Rights.  Fall.
1974    Don and Nadine Hata.  "I Wonder Where the Yellow Went?  Distortions and Omissions of Asian Americans in California Education," in Integrated Education,  Northwestern Univ. School of Ed. May-June.
1974    Donald Teruo Hata & Nadine Ishitani Hata.  Japanese Americans & World War II.  Forum Press. 1974; 5th printing, 1981.
1973    Don Hata, Jr.  "Asian Americans and Education for Cultural Pluralism," chapter in Cultural Pluralism in Education: A Mandate for Change, M. Stent, W. Hazard and H.Rivlin (eds).  Appleton-Century Crofts. 

Book Reviews in: The American Historical Review, California History, The Californians,   The International Migration Review, The Journal of American History, The Journal of Ethnic History, Southern California Quarterly, and  Western Historical Quarterly.

Research Papers and Panel Presentaions at annual meetings of: The American Historical Association, The Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA, The Organization of American Historians, The Association of Asian Studies, The Western Historical Association.

Campus Service (CSUDH)
2007    Chair, Friends of the University Library.
2007    Chair, Friends of the Japanese Garden.
2005   Commencement Committee, 2005-6.
1997    Ford Foundation Crossing Borders-Global Diasporas Grant. Planning/Steering Committee, College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), 1997-98.
1997    Student Retention & Academic Advancement Committee, CAS, 1997-98.
1996    Council of Chairs & Coordinators, CAS, 1996-98.
1996    Coordinator, Asian-Pacific Studies interdisciplinary program, 1996-98. 
1996    TOPS (Teacher Observation/Peer Support program), 1996-97.
1996    Year of Alumni & 30th Anniversary Celebration Planning Committee, 1996.
1996    Academic Senator, History Department, 1996-98.
1996    Faculty Development/Title III Advisory Committee, 1996-97.
1996    Search Committee, Assoc. Dean for Student Academic Advancement, CAS.
1996    Faculty Advisor to student club: ASIA@CSUDH, 1996-98.  (ASIA = Asian Studies In America).
1996    Faculty Advisor to student club: The Friends of Asian Studies, 1996-98.
1996    Academic Senate representative to Associate Students, Inc., 1996-97.
1996    Honors Program Advisory Committee, 1996-98.
1996    Teaching-Learning-Technology Roundtable, 1996-98.
1996    Writing Across the Curriculum-Computer-Assisted Instruction Seminar, Faculty Development, 1996-97.
1996    Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, 1996-97.
1996    Funding Review Committee, Multicultural Resources Center, 1996-97.
1996    Student Housing Enhancement Committee, Director of Student Housing.
1995    University Library Committee, 1995-97.
1995    Annual Undergraduate Teaching-Learning Conference Planning Committee, co-hosted with El Camino College, 1995,1996-98.
1994    International Education Center Advisory Committee, 1994-97.
1994    Coordinator, Asian-Pacific Studies interdisciplinary program,  1994-95.
1994    Multicultural Resources Center Advisory Committee, 1994-98.
1989    Academic Senate Parliamentarian;  Executive Committee.  1989-90.
1988    Presidential Search Committee, Elected Faculty Representative.
1987    Faculty Mentor Program, pilot project funded by CSU Chancellor.
1986    Academic Senate Secretary;  Executive Committee.
1977   Coordinator, Community-Campus Committee to construct an authentic Japanese garden in the ground floor patio of the SBS building.  See the photo history of the year-long project (1977-78) at: http://archives.csudh.edu/speccoll/collections/japanesegarden/index.html
1970    Chair, East Asian Interdepartmental Major program  1970-73.

Government & Politics
1973    City Councilman, City of Gardena, CA.  1973-76.
1971    Planning Commissioner, City of Gardena, CA.  1971-73.

Civic Engagement
2007    CERT Academy (Community Emergency Response Team), City of Redondo Beach Fire Department.
2005    Advisory Committee, Dr. Nadine Ishitani Hata Memorial Scholarship for Graduates of El Camino College programs in Nursing, Radiological Technology, and Respiratory Care.  El Camino Community College.
1989    National Scholarly Advisory Council, Japanese American National Museum.
1988    Vice President, Board of Trustees, California Historical Society. San Francisco.1988-89.
1986    Advisory Committee, KCET Public TV , "L.A. History Project" documentary. L.A. 1986-90.
1986    Advisory Committee, Historic Resources Inventory.  City of Redondo Beach.
1986    Board of Directors, Mid-Cities Schools Credit Union, Compton, CA.  1986-88.
1986    Board of Directors, El Pueblo Historic Park Association. Los Angeles.
1985    Planning Committee, History Day in Los Angeles, 1985-92.
1985    State Advisory Committee, History Day in California, Sacramento.  1985-92.
1979    Advisory Committee, City of Gardena Historic Sites Survey.  Supported by State Office of Historic Preservation. 1979-80.
1979    Board of Directors, El Nido Services for Youth & Parent Counseling & Lodges for Troubled Young Women.   Los Angeles.  1979-80.  
1979    Board of Trustees, California Historical Society.   San Francisco.  1979-89. 
1978    Board of Directors, Western Law Center for the Handicapped.  Los Angeles.   1978-80.
1978    Board of Directors, Historical Society of Southern California. 1978-80. 
            Chair, Membership Committee, 1979.  Los Angeles
1978    Chair, Pobladores Subcommittee, City of Los Angeles,  to research and draft a commemorative plaque to honor the founders (Los Pobladores) for the City's Bicentennial celebration in 1981.  History Committee of the Los Angeles 200, City of Los Angeles.  1978-80.

Personal
Born in East Los Angeles, CA.  1939.  4th-generation (Yonsei) U.S. citizen of Japanese ancestry; native Californian.
Political prisoner #40451C of the United States of America, in the U.S. War Relocation Authority concentration camp for persons of Japanese ancestry (WRA File #312014) at Gila River, Arizona, 1942-45; released periodically with parents and other inmates for agricultural stoop labor jobs.
Full-time student with a variety of full and part-time jobs (K-12 through graduate school; in sequence):  Migrant child laborer with other Nikkei inmates and reservation Indians in rural Arizona, Colorado and Utah;  gardener's assistant (low hedge and lawn edge trimmer);  grocery store stock clerk and cashier;  hospital filing clerk and manual switchboard operator;  emergency x-ray technician;  college dormitory proctor;  door-to-door cooking ware salesperson;  English language and American culture tutor to Japanese students, business executives;  slum apartment manager for absentee landlords (free rent);  house sitter for faculty with excellent personal research libraries.

Spouse:   Nadine Ishitani Hata, Ph.D.
Married:  Los Angeles, 1966.   Deceased: 25 February 2007, after a brave and upbeat struggle against metastasized breast cancer.  Emeritus Vice President, Academic Affairs and Emeritus Professor of History, El Camino College, Torrance, CA.   Education: B.A., U. of Hawai;  M.A., U. of Michigan;  Ph.D., USC, History, 1983. 

Professional activities:  Council Member, American Historical Association (1998-2001).    Chair, Committee on Community College Historians, Organization of American Historians (1997-98).   California State Historical Resources Commission (1976-84; Chair 79-81, 82-83.   California State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1973-85; Vice-Chair 1974-81).  Author of The Historic Preservation Movement In California,1940-1976 (Sacramento:  Dept of Parks and Recreation, 1992); editor of Community College Historians in the United States: A Status Report (Bloomington, IN: Organization of American Historians, American Historical Assoc., and the Community College Humanities Assoc, 1999);  and articles on Asian American history. 

For more information see OAH and AHA websites: 
Http://www.oah.org./pubs/nl/2005feb/formwalt.html 
Http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2005/0505/0505mem1.cfm