John Kuo Wei Tchen

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Asian American studies scholar Chinese American studies scholar historian museum co-founder scholar

John Kuo Wei Tchen is a historian and scholar of Asian American studies best known for his pioneering work documenting Chinese American history and co-founding the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City.

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instanceOf	Asian American studies scholar ⓘ Chinese American studies scholar ⓘ historian ⓘ museum co-founder ⓘ scholar ⓘ
alternateName	Jack Tchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounderOf	Museum of Chinese in America NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicIdentity	Chinese American ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Asian American studies ⓘ Chinese American history ⓘ immigration history ⓘ public history ⓘ urban history ⓘ
focusesOn	Asian American communities ⓘ Chinese American communities ⓘ migration and diaspora ⓘ public memory and museums ⓘ race and ethnicity in the United States ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasName	John Kuo Wei Tchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	community historian ⓘ educator ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ
knownFor	Asian American public humanities projects ⓘ co-founding the Museum of Chinese in America ⓘ pioneering work documenting Chinese American history ⓘ scholarship on New York Chinatown ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableContribution	advancing Asian American studies as an academic field ⓘ developing community-based archives for Chinese American history ⓘ documenting the history of Chinese Americans in New York ⓘ
occupation	archivist ⓘ historian ⓘ museum professional ⓘ university professor ⓘ
placeOfWork	Museum of Chinese in America NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ universities in the United States ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
worksOn	Asian American archival collections ⓘ community history projects ⓘ exhibitions about Chinese American history ⓘ

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Museum of Chinese in America → founder → John Kuo Wei Tchen ⓘ