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Jerry Kang (born 1968) is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and academic administrator. He is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, where he also teaches Asian American Studies. Since 2015, he has served as is UCLA's first vice chancellor for equality, diversity and inclusion.
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Early life
Jerry Kang was born in South Korea. He graduated from Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor of arts in 1990. He went on to earn a juris doctor from the Harvard Law School in 1993. He was a supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review, and he also served as Special Assistant to Harvard University’s Advisory Committee on Free Speech.
Career
Kang joined the UCLA School of Law in 1995. He teaches the law and Asian American Studies. He has published research about the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Kang was appointed as UCLA's first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion on July 1, 2015. In October 2016, leaflets published by the David Horowitz Freedom Center suggested Kang was an "advocate of campus terrorist supporters" for his support of Students for Justice in Palestine.
Kang earned $354,900 in 2015.