Rodolfo Castro and Lisa Catalone Castro were featured in a Maryland Today article, "Getting the Party Started, USPS-Style," for designing the U.S. Postal Service's new "Happy Birthday" stamp. For more, read here (link to https://today.umd.edu/getting-the-party-started-usps-style)
In collaboration with African American Studies (AASP) and the Multicultural Involvement Community Advocacy (MICA), Asian American Studies co-authored a Diamondback Guest Column
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George Yeh produced the Asian American Studies Now! documentary while he was a University of Maryland student. The documentary tells the story of how AAST started at UMD from diverse perspectives.
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Welcoming our new professor dr. Binod Paudyal.
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The 2020-2021 AAST Annual Report is now available!
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AAST Affiliate Faculty, Dr. Cixin Wang co-facilitated a workshop on suicide prevention along with Dr. Nikita Rodrigues and Mazneen Havewala, UMD Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education graduate student.
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On June 15, 2021, Professor Janelle Wong is featured in an NBC News article titled, “Viral images show people of color as anti-Asian perpetrators. That misses the big picture”.
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For this semester-long project, students selected an Asian American figure (e.g., civil leader, community organizer, artist, actress/actor, musician, athlete, poet, academic scholar, etc.) who has made a significant contribution to promoting the wellness of the Asian American and/or Asian immigrant communities in the United States.
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