Dr. Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. Shown here as a panelist in the Discover Nikkei program, "Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness" held on Saturday, April 12, 2008 in the Democracy Forum at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, Los Angeles, California.

Holding a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology (with a minor in Comparative Theology) from Boston College, Dr. Tiemeier teaches and researches in the areas of Comparative Theology, Theological Anthropology, Faith and Culture, Asian and Asian American Theology, Feminist Theology, Women in Religion, and Hinduism. Though raised in St. Louis, Dr. Tiemeier celebrates her Los Angeles Japanese American roots with her husband at home in the southland.

Photo by Richard Murakami.