University of California, Irvine
Asian American Studies Department
300 Murray Krieger Hall
Irvine, CA. 92697-6900
(949) 824-2746
Email:
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/aas/index.html
Director:
Ketu Katrak
Faculty:
Ketu Katrak, Yong Chen, Karen Leonard, John M. Liu, Glen
Mimura, Mary Ann Takemoto, Dorothy Fujita Rony, Clair Jean
Kim, Linda Trinh Võ
Affiliated Faculty:
Kei Akagi, Chungmoo Choi, Laura H. Y. Kang,Kyung Hyun Kim,
Jennifer Lee, Akira Lippet, Sanjoy Mazumdar, Yong Soon Min,
Bert Winther-Tamaki, Charles Wheeler, Hu Ying
Staff:
June F. Kurata (Asian American Studies Program
Administrator)
Danielle McClellan (Academic Coordinator)
General Information:
-Founded in 1991
-Offers a graduate emphasis, and a major and minor in Asian
American Studies
-Over 30 courses annually with enrollment over 2,000
students
-The Asian American Studies Academic Theme House provides a
community- oriented living space for undergraduates and is
part of the Arroyo Vista Housing Complex at UCI
-Southeast Asia Archive
Topics/Courses:
Introduction to Asian American Studies
Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
Asian American Politics
Diaspora in Contemporary Art
Ethnic Food and Ethnic Identity
Chinatowns in American Society
Filipino/a Americans: History and Culture
Korean American Experience
South Asian American Experience
Asian American Women's Literature
Cultural Ecology and Environmental Design
Perspectives on Multicultural Education
Field Studies: Asian Immigrants and Refugees in Orange
County
Vietnamese American Experience
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