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Anthony Veasna So
Cambodian American fiction writer and essayist whose work portrays Khmer American life in California's Central Valley.
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Author, Educator
Bunkong Tuon
Cambodian American poet and novelist who teaches English at Union College.
Author, Educator
Cathy J. Schlund-Vials
Asian American studies scholar who analysed Cambodian American memory work in film, literature, rap and performance.
Filmmaker
Caylee So
Caylee So is a Khmer American director and co-founder of the Cambodia Town Film Festival in Long Beach, California.
Author
Chanda Ouk Wolf
Cambodian American children's book author whose picture book connects Cambodian American families to the donut-shop trade.
Author, Oral historian
Chanrithy Him
Cambodian American memoirist and speaker who survived the Khmer Rouge period as a child.
Author, Visual artist
Chath pierSath
Cambodian American poet and painter who divides his time between a Massachusetts farm and Cambodia.
Author, Educator
Christine Su
Southeast Asian studies scholar and editor who founded the Khmer Generations Project and edits and writes books on Khmer diaspora life.
Author, Educator
Christoph Strobel
Historian at the University of Massachusetts Lowell who recorded oral histories of the city's immigrant communities.
Filmmaker
David Grabias
David Grabias is a Los Angeles-based documentary director who co-directed Sentenced Home, about Cambodian American deportees.
Ensemble, Musician
Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever is a Los Angeles band that performs Cambodian rock and pop alongside original songs.
Journalist, Oral historian
Dith Pran ឌិត ប្រន
Cambodian photojournalist and interpreter who collected and edited survivor testimony from the Khmer Rouge period.
Author, Educator
Erik W. Davis
American scholar of Buddhism and professor of religious studies at Macalester College whose research focuses on Cambodia.
Author, Educator
Franklin E. Huffman
American linguist of Southeast Asian languages who wrote the standard Yale series of Cambodian language textbooks and readers.
Author, Educator
George Chigas
Scholar of Cambodian literature and culture who recorded oral histories and photographs of Cambodian American life in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Author
Haing S. Ngor ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ
Cambodian physician, actor and memoirist whose autobiography recounts his survival of the Khmer Rouge period.
Content creator, Musician
Hella Chluy
Cambodian American comedian, musician and content creator known for parody songs and comedy about Cambodian American life.
Filmmaker, Journalist
Janet Gardner
Janet Gardner is a documentary director and producer whose films include Dancing Through Death, about Cambodian classical dance.
Filmmaker
John Pirozzi
John Pirozzi is an American filmmaker and cinematographer who directed two documentaries about Cambodian popular music.
Educator, Filmmaker
Julie Mallozzi
Julie Mallozzi is a Boston-based documentary filmmaker and teacher who directed Monkey Dance.
Filmmaker
Kalyanee Mam
Cambodian American filmmaker and CTFF committee member whose documentary A River Changes Course screened at the first Cambodia Town Film Festival.
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Kim DePaul
Editor and nonprofit director who co-edited a collection of Cambodian survivor memoirs.
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Linda Crew
American novelist whose young adult novel Children of the River follows a Cambodian refugee teenager in Oregon.
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