Terry Park

Terry Park is a Korean American activist and doctoral candidate in the Cultural Studies Graduate Group at UC Davis. He has taught courses in Asian American media, history, and theater at UC Davis, Hunter College, and San Quentin State Prison. As a former performance artist, his off-Broadway solo show, 38th Parallels, premiered in New York City with the Pan Asian Repertory Theater. He currently serves on the advisory board of EarSay, a nonprofit arts organization based in Queens that highlights the stories of immigrants and new refugees. In the Bay Area, he is a CAAMbassdor for the Center for Asian American Media, and volunteers with the Asian Prisoners Support Committee, for whom he represented at the 2011 Mr. Hyphen Contest. Terry grew up mostly in Utah which he realizes is kind of weird, and is a die-hard Utah Jazz fan.