University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Asian American Studies
3336 Rolfe Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7225
(310) 267-5592, FAX (310) 267-5590
Email:stacey@asianam.ucla.edu
www.asianam.ucla.edu

Chair: Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
Vice-Chair: Thu-Huong Nguyen-vo

Departmental Faculty
Professors: King-Kok Cheung, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Margorie Kagawa-Singer, Don Nakanishi, Robert Nakamura, Paul Ong, Min Zhou
Associate Professors: Jinqi Ling, David Wong Louie, Purnima Mankekar, Valerie Matsumoto, Kyeyoung Park, Henry Yu
Assistant Professors: Victor Bascara, Lucy Burns, Keith Camacho, Grace Kyunwon Hong, Thu-Huong Nguyen-vo
Affiliated Faculty: Mitchell Chang (Education), Cindy Fan (Geography), Snehendu Kar (Public Health), Anna Lau (Psychology), Vinit Mukhija (Urban Planning), Lois Takahashi (Urban Planning), Cindy Fan (Geography), Vinay Lal (History), Russell Leong (English), Ninez Ponce (Health Sciences), Shu-mei Shih (Comparative Literature), Russell Leong (English)
Adjunct Lecturer: Tritia Toyotoa
Lecturers: Eshe De, Stewart Kwoh, Glenn Omatsu, Duong Pham, Kent Wong

Department Manager: Stacey Hirose
Student Affairs Officer: Kehaulani Vaughn

General Information of the Department:

B.A. and M.A. in Asian American Studies; Asian American Studies Undergraduate Minor; concurrent Master's Degree with public health and social welfare

Topics/Courses:

(over 70 undergraduate and graduate classes offered annually, including a special
summer study program in Hawaii, with overall enrollments over 3,000)
Introduction to Asian American Studies
Asian American Literature
(Courses on the experiences of Japanese Americans,
Chinese Americans, Pilipino Americans, Korean Americans,
Vietnamese Americans, Thai Americans, Indo-Americans,
Cambodian Americans, and Pacific Islanders)
Race Relations in Hawaii
Asian American Gay and Lesbian Studies
Asian American Theater
Field Studies in Asian American Studies
Asian American Politics
Research Methods in Asian American Studies
Asian Americans and the American Economy
Asian American Mental Health
The Transnational and International Dimensions of the Asian American Experience
Leadership Development for Asian American Communities
Investigative Journalism in Third World Communities
Asian American Social Movements
Race, Class, Gender and Health
EthnoCommunications I, II, and III
Asian American Women
Asian American Public Policy Analysis
Asian American Independent Media
Critical Issues in Asian American Studies

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