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San Francisco State University

History Social Science Anthropology Modern History Cultural History American Studies Urban Studies and Planning Cultural Studies

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5.04/23/2026

Always fair, kind, and deeply insightful.

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About Dawn

Dawn Mabalon is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at San Francisco State University, appointed in 2020 after serving as Associate Professor with tenure since 2004. Born and raised in Stockton, California, as a third-generation Filipina American, she earned her Ph.D. in History from Stanford University in January 2004, with a dissertation titled Life in Little Manila: Filipinas/os in Stockton, California, 1917-1972, advised by Dr. Gordon Chang, Dr. Albert Camarillo, and Dr. Anthony Antonio. She holds an M.A. in Asian American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1997, with a thesis on Filipina Pioneers: The Pinay in Stockton, California, 1929-1946, and a B.A. in History, magna cum laude, with specialization in Asian American Studies from UCLA in 1994. Her research interests include race and ethnicity, 20th-century U.S. history, California and the West, Asian American History and Studies, Philippine and Filipina/o American history, gender, community and family history, immigration, youth cultures, urban history, cultural and historic preservation in ethnic communities, food cultures and foodways, and U.S. empire in the Philippines.