Laureen Chew
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University of the Pacific (Ed.D.)
Laureen Chew | |
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![](#/media/File:Laureen_Chew,_deleted_scene,_"Dim_Sum-_A_Little_Bit_of_Heart."_(cropped).jpg) Chew in 1983 shooting Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart | |
| Born | 1948 (age 77–78) |
| Title | Professor Emerita |
| Academic background | |
| Education | San Francisco State University (BA, MA) University of the Pacific (Ed.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Asian American studies |
| Website | aas |
Laureen Chew (born 1948) is an American academic and actress. She is Professor Emerita of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University.[1][2] She acted in two Wayne Wang films in the 1980s, both of which were shot in San Francisco.
Chew was born and raised in Chinatown, San Francisco in 1948.[3][4] She grew up around mostly other Chinese children.[3][5] Her parents owned a laundry shop.[6] Chew attended a Catholic high school.[3]
Chew was a part of the Third World Liberation Front[7] and helped organized the Third World Liberation Front strikes of 1968 at San Francisco State University.[8] She was arrested and jailed for 20 days for misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace, illegal assembly and failing to disperse.[6] At the end of the protest, San Francisco State established its College of Ethnic Studies.[5]
Chew graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Chinese and a MA in Elementary Education. She received her EdD from the University of the Pacific.[9]