Biography
Mar has worked as an associate professor at San Francisco State University since 1992. He teaches Asian American and Ethnic Studies. As an associate professor, he mentored and supported hundreds of young people to become active in their communities and the political process.
From 1993-97, Mar was the Assistant Dean for New College Law School in San Francisco, where he taught a course on critical race theory.
Mar is a graduate of the University of California, Davis; he received his law degree from New College of California and is an inactive member of the California State Bar.
Mar has served on the Human Rights Committee of the State Bar of California and the Civil Rights Committee of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Mar is a board member of the Chinese Progressive Association and a founding member of API-FORCE (Asians and Pacific Islanders for Community Empowerment) and the Institute for Multiracial Justice. He is a past executive board member of the Bay Area Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. In 1999, Mar received the community service award from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA). He is a former shop steward for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 790.
In 2000, Eric Mar's house burned down on the same day his daughter, Jade, was born.
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