A Laboratory of Racial Governance: Engineering Inclusion in the Japanese Concentration Camps

Administrators of Japanese internment camps during World War II claimed that the purpose of the camps was assimilation and incorporation into American society, not surveillance or punishment. To achieve this goal, administrators conducted a series of social science experiments targeting internees. Sociologist Sunmin Kim will explore how Japanese American internees experienced the camps and how these social science experiments impacted their experiences. He will analyze administrative records, correspondence, and social scientific reports from the internment camps for his study.