Milla Wu

Milla Jingtong Wu (any pronouns) holds B.A.s in Black Studies and English from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Prior to matriculating at UMD, they were the academic advisor for the Black Studies department at UCSB. Their primary research interests include: the racial and sexual policing of U.S. Chinatowns; histories of gentrification and community policing in twentieth century and contemporary Asian/American urban spaces; the construction of deviancy in the city; and the politics of harm reduction among non-normative communities, including among street homeless or drug-using populations. Other interests include transnational histories of Asian socialism and the relationship between globalized capital flow, urban development, and policing infrastructures across Asia and the U.S.