Grace J. Yoo

Grace J. Yoo is a professor and former chair of the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University. With Barbara Kim at Cal State Long Beach, she has studied Korean American families, aging and social support. Their book, Caring across Generations: The Linked Lives of Korean American families published by NYU press received the American Sociological Association Asia/Asian American section Best Book Award. Professor Yoo also serves as the project director/principal investigator for two Department of Education AANAPISI grants, Asian American and Pacific Islander Retention and Education (ASPIRE) and Responsive Education for Access, Community, and Hope (REACH). Her current research and teaching interests include understanding the meaning of social support on a wide range of health issues impacting Asian Americans and also how Asian Americans have found ways to reclaim and redefine self-care during the COVID-19 global pandemic.