Koji Lau-Ozawa is an archaeologist studying Japanese Diaspora, and the intersections of Asian American and Indigenous histories. His first project examined the Gila River Incarceration Camp, a WWII incarceration camp for Japanese Americans built on the land of the Gila River Indian Community. He has also worked with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation to understand this history of Santa Barbara’s Nihonmachi. Lau-Ozawa completed his graduate studies at Stanford University, and prior to his time there, an MA at San Francisco State University, and his undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh. He has also worked for Stanford Heritage Services and with the National Park Service at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.