ABOUT HAAA

People Directory

The Houston Asian American Archive is made possible through the dedication and hard work of Rice faculty and staff, volunteers, and student interns.

HAAA Administration

Anne Chao
Anne Chao

Co-Founder, Program Manager, Houston Asian American Archive Adjunct Lecturer, School of Humanities and Arts

Indre Rapalaviciute
Indre Rapalaviciute

Program Administrator

Amanda Focke
Amanda Focke

Archivist, Houston Asian American Archive Head of Special Collections, Woodson Research Center at Fondren Library

Volunteers

Katherine Shen
Katherine Shen

Volunteer and Friend of the Archive

Edward Cheng
Edward Cheng

Volunteer

Student Interns

Chi Pham headshotChi Pham

Chi Pham is a junior at Rice University and Senior Lead Intern at the Houston Asian American Archive (HAAA). In addition to leading oral history projects, he oversees the archive’s digital content and visual identity, including a brand redesign in 2025. He also serves as the Arts & Entertainment Editor for The Rice Thresher, Rice’s student newspaper. His poetry, fiction, journalism, and criticism appear or are forthcoming in Best New Poets 2025, Texas Highways, SmokeLong Quarterly, and The Adroit Journal.

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Past Contributors

Professor Tani Barlow, who helped conceive the project
Patricia Wong ('16), former intern
Priscilla Li ('20), former intern
Helen Pu ('22), former intern
Sarah Kong ('23), former intern
Grace Park ('26), former intern
Advika Rajeev ('26), former intern