Background
Ono, Kent Alan was born in 1964 in Casper, Wyoming, United States.
Ono, Kent Alan was born in 1964 in Casper, Wyoming, United States.
Bachelor in English, DePauw University, 1987. Master of Arts in Communications, Miami University, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric, University Iowa, 1992.
Founder, Asian American cultural politics research cluster University California-Davis, 1997, interim director MURALS undergraduate research program, 1999—2000, co-founder & director cultural studies graduate program, 1999—2002. Director & professor Asian American studies and professor communications University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, since 2003. Founder Communications and Critical/Cultural Studies Journal.
Former chair, critical and cultural studies Division NCA, chair, Asian Pacific American Caucus, 1996—1997, co-founder, Asian American studies, latino studies, and gay and lesbian studies division. Chair Asian Pacific American Caucus of Society for Cinema Studies, 1999—2001.