Wu, Frank H. 1967-

PERSONAL:

Born August 20, 1967, in Cleveland, OH; son of Hai (an engineer) and Grace (a librarian) Wu; married Carol L. Izumi (a professor of law), 1998. Ethnicity: "Asian American." Education: Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1988; University of Michigan, J.D. (cum laude), 1991. Religion: Unitarian-Universalist. Hobbies and other interests: Motorcycling, dogs, theater.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Detroit, MI; and Washington, DC. Office—School of Law, Wayne State University, 471 W. Palmer St., Detroit, MI 48202. E-mail—[email protected]; [email protected].

CAREER:

Law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Frank J. Battisti, Cleveland, OH, 1991-92; Morrison & Foerster (law firm), San Francisco, CA, associate, 1992-94; Howard University, Washington, DC, assistant professor, 1995-97, associate professor, 1997-2002, professor of law, 2002-04, clinic director, 2000-02; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, professor and dean of law school, 2004—. Yale University, James A. Thomas Lecturer, 1998; Deep Springs College, scholar in residence, 2001, 2002, 2003; Columbia University, adjunct professor, 2002, 2003; University of Michigan, visiting professor, 2002-03; Gallaudet University, member of board of trustees, 2000—, vice chair, 2006—. National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, member of national advisory council, 2003—; Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, board member of Education Fund, 2004—; Council of Asian Pacific Americans, member of advisory board, 2004—. District of Columbia Human Rights Commission, member, 2001-04, chair, 2001-02. Guest on television and radio programs, including Oprah Winfrey Show; guest host of the television series Asian America, Public Broadcasting Service.

MEMBER:

American Bar Association (foundation fellow), American Law Institute, American Civil Liberties Union (member of national advisory council, 2005—), Society of American Law Teachers (board member, 2004-07), Committee of 100 (for the advancement of U.S.-China relations and the civil rights of Asian Americans), Asian American Journalists Association, National Book Critics Circle, Association of the Bar of the District of Columbia.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Janet A. Helms Mentoring Award, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005; Arthur A. Fletcher Award, American Association for Affirmative Action, 2007.

WRITINGS:

(With Eric Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, and others) Race, Rights, and Reparations: Law and the Japanese American Internment, Aspen Publishers (New York, NY), 2001.

Yellow: Race in America beyond Black and White, Basic Books (New York, NY), 2002.

Author of foreword, Wing Young Huie, Looking for Asian America: An Ethnocentric Tour, University of Minnesota Press (Minneapolis, MN), 2007; also contributor to The Affirmative Action Debate, edited by George Curry, Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1996; Illegal Immigration: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by Charles Cozic, Greenhaven Press (Detroit, MI), 1996; Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects, edited by Gordon Chang, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 2001; and Asian American Politics: Law, Participation, and Policy, edited by Don T. Nakanishi and James S. Lai, Rowman & Littlefield (Lanham, MD), 2003. Washington correspondent, Asian Week, 1995-98. Contributor to law journals and newspapers, including USA Today, National Law Journal, Legal Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Legal Times, and National Law Journal.