He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside in 2003. His dissertation was a multidimensional perspective on Asian gangs in Southern California. Besides interning with a local police department’s Asian gang task force for roughly two years, Professor Tsunokai also surveyed approximately 105 self-admitted gang members about their life experiences. Professor Tsunokai’s other research interests include disentangling the effects of individual SES, community effects, and race/ethnicity on various outcomes such as crime and delinquency, drug abuse, and medical treatment disparities. His teaching interests include race and ethnic relations, research methods, and stratification. In his free time, Professor Tsunokai enjoys working on his cedar-log house in the woods. Recent Publications