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Jerry Kang (born 1968) is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and academic administrator. He is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, where he also taught Asian American Studies. Since 2015, he has served as is UCLA's first vice chancellor for equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Early life

Kang was born in South Korea.[1] He graduated from Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor of arts in 1990.[2] He went on to earn a juris doctor from the Harvard Law School in 1993.[2] He was a supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review, and he also served as Special Assistant to Harvard University’s Advisory Committee on Free Speech.[2]

Career

Kang was appointed as UCLA's first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion on July 1, 2015.[1]

Kang joined the UCLA School of Law in 1995.[2] He teaches the law and Asian American Studies.[1] He has published research about the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.[1]

In October 2016, leaflets published by the David Horowitz Freedom Center suggested Kang was an "advocate of campus terrorist supporters" for his support of Students for Justice in Palestine.[3] In a similar style, in October 2017, fliers appeared on the UCLA campus naming Kang as the "Minister of Inequity, Homogeneity, and Exclusion," alleging that his leadership "opposes intellectual diversity, stifles freedom of speech, and promotes dictatorial demagoguery."[4] Both the 2016 and 2017 events included the hashtag #NoSanctuaryCampusForCriminals.

Kang earned $354,900 in 2015[1] and $444,234.00 in 2016.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=Gordon|first1=Larry|title=UCLA appoints first vice chancellor for diversity issues|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-ln-ucla-diversity-20150331-story.html|accessdate=March 30, 2017|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=March 31, 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Jerry Kang|url=http://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/jerry-kang/|website=UCLA Law|accessdate=March 30, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Bazak|first1=Eric|title=Poster campaign at UCLA targets vice chancellor, pro-Palestinian group|url=http://jewishjournal.com/news/los_angeles/190739/|accessdate=March 30, 2017|work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|date=October 14, 2016}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9900|title=Flyers blast 'h8ful' UCLA admins for ousting conservative prof|date=2017-10-03|work=Campus Reform|access-date=2017-10-05|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/article2642161.html#StatePay&search-dept=UC%20Los%20Angeles&search-safename=jerry%20kang&top-year=2016|title=State worker salary database|date=2017|work=The Sacramento Bee|access-date=2017-09-29|language=en-US|issn=0890-5738}}
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6 : Living people|1968 births|South Korean emigrants to the United States|Harvard Law School alumni|UCLA School of Law faculty|American legal scholars

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