Kent A. Ono  is currently Director and Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include critical and theoretical analysis of print, film, and television media, specifically focusing on representations of race, gender, sexuality, class, and nation. He has contributed more than 25 articles to numerous journals and anthologies in communication, Asian American studies, and cultural studies venues, in addition to co-authoring Shifting Borders: Rhetoric, Immigration, and California's Proposition 187 (Temple U P 2002) and co-editing Enterprise Zones: Critical Positions on Star Trek (Westview Press 1996). [adapted from "Who's Who of Asian-Americans" on AsianAmerican.net]