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LinDa Saphan

Faculty Name:LinDa Saphan, PhD

Designation

  • Assistant Dean of the School of Social Sciences
  • Professor of Sociology

Education Qualification

  • PhD, University of Paris X
  • Diploma of Advanced Studies, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris/EHESS
  • MA, Sorbonne-Paris V
  • License in Sociology, Sorbonne-Paris V

Contact Email

linda.saphan@umsv.edu

The faculty can be found at Founders Hall 430

Areas of Interest

  • Qualitative Methods
  • Popular Culture and Cinema of Cambodia
  • Urban Sociology/Anthropology

LinDa Saphan, a Fulbright Scholar 2024, is an urban anthropologist and an established voice in the field of Cambodian cultural studies and has published extensively on Cambodian early popular music. Dr. Saphan was the lead researcher and associate producer for the documentary film Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll and acted as executive producer for several other film projects. She is the author of Faded Reels: The Art of Four Cambodian Filmmakers 1960-1975 published by the Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2022.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Sociological Association
  • Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD sociological honor society)
  • Member of ASES, Association des Sociologues de l’Enseignment Superieur

Publications

  • Saphan, L., Hun, N. (2024). Remnants of the Past: Early Cambodian Filmography, Phnom Penh, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Department of Media and Communication Press. [book]
  • Saphan, L. (2022). Faded Reels: The Art of Four Cambodian Filmmakers 1960-1975, Phnom Penh, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Department of Media and Communication Press. (In English and Khmer). [book]
  • Saphan, L., & Pipitone, J. M. (2022). “New York City in Transformation,” Streetnotes, 29, 1-169. [co-editor] https://escholarship.org/uc/ucdavislibrary_streetnotes/29/0
  • Saphan, L. (2022). “What’s in a Name” in Dreams for Our Children: Immigrant Letters to the Future, Banjo, O (Ed.), Minneapolis, Wise Ink Creative Publishing, 3-10. [Creative writing about immigration experience].
  • Saphan, L. & Hun, N. (2021). “Popular and Political Songwriting in Cambodia: From Sihanouk’s Prewar Golden Age to Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge” in Hun, N., Kim, M., Lee, Y., Nelson, R., Oum, R. O., & Saphan, L., The Golden Age of Cambodian Popular Music, Kim, M. (Ed.), Seoul: Hyunsilbook, 41-81. [book chapter]
  • Conferences and Talks
  • Saphan, L. (2024). “Author meets Critic: Dr. LinDa Saphan’s Faded Reels: The Art of Four Cambodian Filmmakers: 1960-1975” [Roundtable panelist]. The Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
  • Saphan, L. (2024). “Cambodia Reel History” [Talk]. Katmandu Model College, Katmandu, Nepal.
  • Saphan, L. (2023). “The Films of Uong Citta: Early Cambodia Filmmaker” [paper presentation]. The Center for Khmer Studies, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Saphan, L. (2022). “Diasporic Performances: Cambodian American Soundscapes from Long Beach to Lowell” [moderator/panelist]. Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
  • Saphan, L. (2022). “Cambodian Golden Voices Legacies” [paper presentation]. The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), The New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), and The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS).