AAST Publishes 2023-2024 Annual Report

AAST just published the program’s 2023-2024 Annual Report, which opens with a Director’s Note from Dr. Janelle Wong.

AAST demonstrated its continued success and impact throughout FY 2024, with strong enrollments and a diverse range of interdisciplinary class offerings. We launched a new literary journal featuring student creative works, offered a writing workshop taught by Kat Chow (formerly NPR’s “Code Switch” show and podcast), and participated in community partnerships ranging from the local - an  Asian American gardening workshop with Prince George’s County Libraries-  to the national- Federal Career pipeline showcase with the The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific IslandersHouse Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. 

AAST provides students with the opportunity to critically study the experiences of AsianAmericans. Through an interdisciplinary academic curriculum and student-centeredprogramming, students examine the histories, communities, and cultures of people of Asian origin in the United States. The curriculum and programs reflect historically marginalized perspectives and underscore the university’s commitment to supporting the intellectual development of a diverse student population.

AAST offers a 15-credit minor program for students who wish to develop a specialization in Asian American Studies alongside their degree pursuits. It also offers robust academic and student-centered programming that highlights key themes in Asian American Studies, including literature and the arts, demographic change, race and politics, and leadership development.

In FY24, we had nearly 100 active minors were enrolled in the program. AAST offered 17 interdisciplinary courses with just over 800 enrolled students. 37 students graduated with an AAST minor.

Read through the entire 2023-2024 Annual Report to learn more about courses and enrollment, program highlights and recognition, people within AAST, scholarship recipients, and our students who graduated with the AAST minor this year!