Ronald Takaki

Ronald Takaki
Takaki at Northeastern University in 2007
Born	April 12, 1939 (1939-04-12) Oahu, Hawaii Territory, U.S.
Died	May 26, 2009(2009-05-26) (aged 70) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupation	Historian
Known for	Ethnic studies author
Title	Professor
Spouse	Carol Rankin ​ (m. 1961)​
Children	3
Academic background
Education	College of Wooster (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
Thesis	A pro-slavery crusade: The movement to reopen the African slave trade (1967)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Ethnic studies
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley

Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki (April 12, 1939 – May 26, 2009) was an American academic, historian, ethnographer and author. Born in pre-statehood Hawaii, Takaki studied at the College of Wooster and completed his doctorate in American history at the University of California, Berkeley.

His work addresses stereotypes of Asian Americans, such as the model minority concept.^[1] Among his most notable books are Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian-Americans from 1989 and A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America from 1993. Takaki was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1966 to 1971 and University of California, Berkeley from 1971 to 2003.