Joseph Bernardo
Ph.D. in History at the University of Washington
BA in Global & International Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara
MA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University
Joseph Bernardo received a Ph.D. in History at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2014, focusing on Asian American history, race in the American west, and Philippine history. He earned a BA in Global & International Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2001 and an MA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University in 2003. After graduating from San Francisco State, he worked for four years at the Office of Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti.
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