The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland invites applications for a full time, non-tenure track lecturer in Asian American Studies.
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Christine Chen, Executive Director of APIAVote, and Prof. Janelle Wong discuss new survey data on Asian American presidential vote choice, issue priorities, and attitudes toward race, immigration, affirmative action and other important topics.
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Dr. William Ming Liu and Dr. Rossina Zamora Liu discuss Asian Americans in racial justice work. In this presentation, we consider the ways in which we, as Asian Americans, grapple with the contradictions of our proxy privileges as “model minorities” and anti-Asian racism as “perilous perpetual foreigners.”
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AAST Affiliate Faculty, Dr. Cixin Wang, and a team of researchers recently published a study linking COVID-19 racism to Asian American mental health challenges. The findings were covered in AsAmNews and Maryland Today.
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In a major victory for the rule of law in an increasingly lawless age, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at the Organization of American States (OAS) published a stunning verdict in the case of Isamu Carlos “Art” Shibayama versus United States, holding that the US government owes redress to brothers Art, Tak and Ken Shibayama who did not receive the redress they deserved for human rights violations perpetrated on them as children during World War II.
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As their final project in Dr. Terry K Park's Spring 2020 AAST200: Introduction to Asian American Studies course, students explored the various contexts and responses to the current crisis of anti-Asian racism. They also submitted written and creative reflections on how COVID-19-fueled "medical nativism" has impacted them and their loved ones.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sponsored a webinar in observance of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The NRC’s Asian Pacific American Advisory Committee (APAAC) organized this event. The APAAC’s purpose is to support the NRC’s diversity and inclusion objectives and help develop its future leaders.
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Congratulations to AAST affiliate professor Dr. Perla Guerrero for being awarded the 2020 Donna B. Hamilton Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
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We are outraged by and mourn the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery and so many more Black victims of police violence and broader systems of racist violence. It is, however, not enough to say it. We must also find ways to be actively anti-racist.
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Please join us in congratulating the students who have completed the Asian American Studies minor during the 2019-2020 academic year. This year, 19 exceptional students from majors across the campus completed the minor
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