Cornell University
Asian American Studies Program
420 Rockefeller Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-2502
(607) 255-3320, FAX (607) 254-4996
Email: vm54@cornell.edu
www.aasp.cornell.edu
Director:
Viranjini Munasinghe
Faculty:
Viranjini Munasinghe, Sunn Shelley Wong, Derek Chang, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, Clement Lai
Program Administration:
Stephanie Hsu, Vladimir Micic
General Information:
-Founded in 1985
-The national headquarters for the Association of Asian
American Studies (AAAS).
-Undergraduate concentration in Asian American Studies;
graduate fields in disciplines
-Publications: Connections (newsletter)
-Asian American Studies Library and Resource Center staffed
by the program
-Courses offered cross-listed with English, Theater Arts,
History, Human Development and Family Studies, Law,
Sociology, Urban Planning, Anthropology, History of Art
-3 to 5 courses offered per semester
Examples of Topics/Courses:
Introduction to Asian American Studies
Asian American History
Asian American Literature
Race, Citizenship and the American Worker
Race and Ethnicity in Nineteenth Century America
Perspectives on the Nation
Asians in the Americas
Seminar in Asian American History
South Asian Diaspora
Race, Space and Place
Independent Study
Asian American Urban Experience: Past, Present and Future
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