She is also the Director for the Initiative for Transformative Social Work, College of Social Work, University of Utah. And is the Secretary / Treasurer for the Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association. Prior to joining the faculty of University of Utah, Dr. Fukushima was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University (2013 – 2015). She received her Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, in Ethnic Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (2012).