Asian American Studies
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Asian American Studies is an academic discipline which studies the experience of people of Asian ancestry in America. Closely related to other Ethnic Studies disciplines such as African American Studies, Latino/a Studies, and Native American Studies, Asian American Studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, issues, and experiences of Asian Americans. Drawing from numerous disciplines such as sociology, history, literature, political science, and gender studies, Asian American Studies scholars consider a variety of perspectives and employ diverse analytical tools in their work. Unlike "Asian" Studies which focuses on the history, culture, religion, etc. of Asian people living in Asia, Asian American Studies is interested in the history, culture, experiences, of Asians living in America.
History
Asian American Studies was born in the 1960's as a part of the third world movement on the West Coast that gave birth to African American Studies, Chicano/Latino Studies, and Native American Studies. While African American Studies, and to a lesser extent Chicano/Latino Studies, have spread quickly to hundreds of colleges and universities around the U.S., Asian American Studies (mostly due to smaller numbers of Asian Americans until the repeal of Asian exclusion acts) has not spread as quickly.More recently, however, student protests as well as community pressures, have led to the development of several Asian American Studies programs throughout the U.S., particularly in states and at schools with a large Asian American student body.
Notable Scholars
Elaine Kim, UC BerkeleyMichael Omi, UC Berkeley
Evelyn Nakano Glenn, UC Berkeley
Judy Yung, UC Santa Cruz
Yen Le Espiritu, UCSD
Lisa Lowe, UCSD
Ronald Takaki, UC Berkeley
Catherine Ceniza Choy, UC Berkeley
Yuji Ichioka, UCLA
Viet Nguyen, USC
Gary Okihiro, Columbia University
Gary Mar, State University of New York: Stony Brook
Martin Manalansan, U Illinois
Don Nakanishi. UCLA
Darrell Hamamoto, UC Davis
Rhacel Parrenas, UC Davis
Glenn Omatsu, CSU Northridge, UCLA
K Scott Wong, Williams College
Shawn Wong, University of Washington
Major Programs/Departments
Major programs in California include UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC Davis, and SFSU. Stanford recently launched a program in Race and Culture that includes Asian American Studies. Outside of California, major programs University of Washington, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Colorado, Cornell, and Columbia. Other rising programs include UPenn and U Minnesota. Currently, several universities, including UNC, UVA, Northwestern, and many others are in the process of developing Asian American Studies.In the East Coast, Stony Brook University (of SUNY) has recently created an Asian & Asian American Studies department as a result of a 50 million dollar donation in the form of a building from Charles B. Wang (the founder of Computer Associates). However, no faculty in the field was hired, and no real Asian American Studies class is offered.
External links
- [Association for Asian American Studies]
- [California State University, Fullerton Asian American Studies Program]
- [California State University, Northridge Asian American Studies Department]
- [California State University, Sacramento Asian American Studies]
- [Claremont Colleges - Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies]
- [Claremont-McKenna College Asian American Studies]
- [Columbia College Asian American Studies Department]
- [Cornell University Asian American Studies Program]
- [Hunter College Asian American Studies Program]
- [Iowa State University Asian American Studies Program]
- [National Directory of Asian American Studies Programs]
- [Northwestern University Asian American Studies Program]
- [Ohio State University Asian American Studies Program]
- [San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department]
- [Stanford University Asian American Studies Program]
- [State University of New York, Binghamton - Asian and Asian American Studies Program]
- [State University of New York, Stony Brook Department of Asian and Asian American Studies]
- [University of California, Berkeley Asian American Studies Program]
- [Unversity of California, Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library - Asian American Studies Collection]
- [University of California, Davis Asian American Studies Program]
- [University of California, Irvine Asian American Studies Department]
- [UCLA Asian American Studies Center]
- [UCLA Asian American Studies Department]
- [University of California, Riverside Asian American Studies]
- [University of California, Santa Barbara Asian American Studies Department]
- [University of Colorado at Boulder Asian American Studies]
- [University of Connecticut Asian American Studies Institute]
- [University of Houston Asian American Studies Center]
- [University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Asian American Studies Program]
- [University of Maryland Asian American Studies Program]
- [University of Massachusetts Institute for Asian American Studies]
- [University of Massachusetts, Amherst Asian & Asian American Studies Program]
- [University of Massachusetts, Boston Asian American Studies Program]
- [University of Minnesota Asian American Studies Program]
- [University of San Francisco Asian American Studies]
- [University of Texas at Austin Center for Asian American Studies]
- [University of Wisconsin, Madison Asian American Studies Program]
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