Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan

Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is the inaugural Executive Director for the Office of AANAPISI Affairs and the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Center at San Diego State University. She is also the Founder and Chair of the SDSU APIDA Employee Resource Group. Previously, she served as a faculty member in SDSU’s College of Education where she directed the Liberal Studies program, coordinated several international travel abroad programs, led teaching credential programs, coordinated clinical practice and EdTPA efforts, and taught various courses in education and literacy. Prior to working at SDSU, she was a K-8 classroom teacher, community college reading instructor, program chair for an online university, and research fellow for the University of Pittsburgh. Her dissertation was a qualitative study on the cultural authenticity of Asian American children's literature. She has authored over 450 children's books and has several academic publications. In addition, she is the Co-Executive Director for The Asian American Education Project and is committed to ensuring APIDA histories and narratives are taught in K-12 and beyond.