
Roderick N. Labrador received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research examines race, ethnicity, culture, migration, diaspora, transnationalism, political economy, and Philippine and Filipino American history. His research areas include the Philippines, the United States, Hawai‘i and the Pacific. Currently, he is the Program Director of Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.