Jane Iwamura is Assistant Professor of Religion and American Studies at the University of Southern California. In May of 2010 she was denied tenure. Dr. Iwamura is not only an award winning teacher, she is also a nationally recognized scholar of Asian American religions, race, and popular culture. She is the author of Virtual Orientalism: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture (Oxford). In addition, she is co-editor of the groundbreaking volume, Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America (Routledge). She has published in the top journals in her fields, including American Quarterly and the Journal of Asian American Studies. As scholars with expertise in Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Religion, and Popular Culture, we contend that her work is of exceptional value and that she has made an important impact on these fields. As such, we strongly support a reconsideration of Dr. Iwamuras case. Jane Iwamura deserves tenure at USC.