About Jerry Kang
Born 1968. Jerry Kang is an American legal scholar.
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 equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Early life Kang was born in South Korea. He graduated from Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor of arts in 1990. He went on to earn a juris doctor from the Harvard Law School in 1993. He teaches courses in both law and Asian American Studies, and has published research about the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Kang earned $354,900 in 2015
On October 29, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Kang to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities within the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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