Krystyn R. Moon

Krystyn Moon
  • Associate Professor
  • History & American Studies

  • Academic Degrees

    • M.A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
    • B.A., Pomona College

Krystyn Moon is an associate professor in History and director of American Studies. Her teaching focuses on the history of American popular culture, U.S. immigration, the American West, gender and sexuality, consumerism, and food. She has also written several articles on immigration, race and popular culture. She is the author of _Yellowface: Creating of the Chinese in American Popular Music and Performance, 1850s-1920s_.

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