James M. Freeman (born 1936) is an American anthropologist, and professor at San Jose State University.^[1]

He graduated from Northwestern University, Harvard University with an MA, and a Ph.D. in Social Relations in 1968.

• 1998-2001 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant
• 1998-2000 National Science Foundation grant.
• 1990 American Book Award, for Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese-American Lives
• 1983 - 1984 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.
• 1983 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend.

• Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese-American Lives. Stanford University Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-8047-1890-5.
• James M. Freeman; Nguyen Dinh Huu (2005). Voices From The Camps: Vietnamese Children Seeking Asylum. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98359-2.
• Charles N. Darrah; James M. Freeman; June Anne English-Lueck (2007). Busier than Ever!. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5492-7.

• Guide to the James Freeman Files. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.