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National Directory of Asian American Studies Programs

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This directory began as a FAQ assembled by regular posters to the USENET group soc.culture.asian.american.  Descriptions of programs were last updated in 1994, before the World Wide Web took over as the dominant mode of mass communication over the Internet.

Please help us bring this directory up to date this year by sending email to Andrew Chin.  Note that there is no interest here in listing Asian Studies programs, which are far more common than Asian American Studies programs and concern different subject matter.

Existing Programs

University

Faculty

Description

Contact

Brown Robert G. Lee Courses offered through American Civilization Department Box 1892, Providence, RI 02912
(401) 863-1693
Bryn Mawr Juliana Chang Courses in Asian American literature  
Cal State Fresno Franklin Ng Course offered through Anthropology Department Fresno, CA 93740-7981
(209) 278-2200
Cal State Long Beach Arnold P. Kaminsky   1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840-1002
(310) 985-4645
Cal State Northridge Kenyon S. Chan   1811 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8251
(818) 885-4966
Cal State Sonoma Larry Hajime Shinagawa Courses offered through American Multicultural Studies Department 1801 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 95616
(707) 664-2486
UC Berkeley Ling-Chi Wang
Ronald Takaki
Elaine Kim

Michael Omi
A large and active sub-department (under Ethnic Studies), including a PhD program 516 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-6555
UC Davis Isao Fujimoto Various undergraduate courses 3102 Hart Hall
Davis, CA 95616
(916) 752-3625
UC Irvine Ketu H. Katrak   479 Social Sciences Tower, Irvine, CA 92697-6900
(714) 824-2746
UCLA Don T. Nakanishi Asian American Studies Center has excellent research facilities.   Publishes Amerasia Journal 3232 Campbell Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1546
(310) 825-2974
UC Riverside Ed Chang Courses offered through Ethnic Studies program Riverside, CA 92521
(909) 787-4579
UC San Diego Ramon Gutierrez Courses offered through Ethnic Studies Department 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0414
(619) 534-3276
UC Santa Barbara Sucheng Chan Courses listed for Spring 1992 include: Introduction to Asian American Literature, Amerasians, Asian-American Gender Relations, The Japanese-American Experience, The Filipino-American Experience, Asian-American Communities, Asian-American Education, Asian-American Films, Asian-American Visual Media. Ellison Hall 280, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4090
(805) 893-2371
UC Santa Cruz Judy Yung Courses offered through American Studies Department Oakes College, Santa Cruz, CA 92132-0763
(408) 459-4725
Chicago   No official program; graduate study possible through history PhD program  
Claremont McKenna David Yoo Course in Asian American history  
Colorado Evelyn Hu-DeHart A "well known" AA studies program in the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America Boulder, CO 80309
(303) 492-8852
Columbia   Recruiting faculty for a new program  
Connecticut Roger N. Buckley A fledgling AA Studies Institute, offering 3 classes/year 241 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT 06269-2103
(203) 486-3560
Cornell Lee C. Lee
Gary Okihiro
Miniature department with professors from other disciplines (primarily Asian Studies) offers about 10 different courses dealing primarily in history, literature and images in society.  
Hawaii Franklin Odo A "well-known" AA studies program within the Ethnic Studies Department East-West Road 4, Room 4D, Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 956-8086
Hunter College, CUNY Peter Kwong Asian American Studies Center 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
(212) 772-5559
Loyola (Chicago) Yvonne Lau One course 6525 N. Sheridan Road, DH 116, Chicago, IL 60626
(312) 508-2935
University of Massachusetts at Boston Peter Kiang Institute for Asian American Studies 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393
(617) 287-5650
Michigan Gail M. Nomura A couple of classes in AA literature and sociology, offered through the American Culture Department 410 Mason Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1027
(313) 763-5559
Northwestern   One official course and some student-organized seminars  
Oberlin   An Asian studies department with a few AA courses. "The department does not specialize in Asian-American studies, but a few courses on that specific subject are offered."  
U Pennsylvania Rosane Rocher Fighting for AA courses Three courses were offered last semester: Asians in America, Asian American Perspective on Government Policy, and Asian American Literature 809 Williams Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
(215) 898-6048
Pomona College Dorinne Kondo
Norman Bock
Asian American Resource Center offers a few courses  
Queen's College, CUNY John Kuo Wei Tchen Research-oriented department, active and in touch with the community 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367
(718) 997-3050
San Francisco State University (web site) Marlon K. Hom First AAS program, established in 1969 in response to the Third World Movement. Psychology Building 103
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-1054
BBS: (415) 338-7592
San Jose State University Alexander Yamato A well-established program 1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0110
(408) 924-5750
Santa Clara University Stephen Fugita Classes offered through Ethnic Studies program Santa Clara, CA 95053
(408) 554-6880
School of the Art Institute   One course offered in Spring 1992  
USC   Trying to hire  
Stanford   Occasional courses  
SUNY Stony Brook Peter Kwong    
Tufts   Courses on Asian American literature and history offered each year  
Washington Shawn Wong
Tetsuden Kejima
Program within the American Ethnic Studies Department B501 Padelford Hall, Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-5401
Washington State Paul Wong Courses offered through Comparative American Cultures Department Pullman, WA 99164-5910
(509) 335-2605
Wesleyan Siva Vaidhyanathan New program.  
Wisconsin Amy Ling   1600 North Park Street, 7185 Helen C. White, Madison, WI 53705
(608) 263-2976
Yale Stephen Lee A small but long-established program  

Student Movements

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Status

Contact

Cornell Provides articles and course proposals to student movements wishing to start AAS programs. Cornell University, Asian American Studies Program, 420 Rockefeller Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-2501
Texas University is finally making good on its commitments made as a result of 1994-96 student movement. Quincy Tran