Daryl Maeda

Daryl Joji Maeda is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington. He holds a PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan, MA in Ethnic Studies from San Francisco State University, and BS in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College.

An interdisciplinary cultural historian, Maeda is a nationally recognized scholar in Asian American studies and comparative ethnic studies. He has published two books and numerous articles and book chapters on Asian American activism in the 1960s and 1970s. His most recent book, a cultural history of the iconic martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, was published in 2022.

Maeda was a faculty member at CU Boulder from 2005 to 2026. He served as Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at CU Boulder, Associate Dean for Student Success in the College of Arts & Sciences and Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies.