University of Pennsylvania
Asian American Studies Program
809-810 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
(215) 898-1782, FAX (215) 746-6047
Email:asam@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
rrocher@sas.upenn.edu
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/asam

Director:

Rosane Rocher

Assistant Director:

Ajay T. Nair

Faculty:

Eiichiro Azuma, Grace Kao, Rosane Rocher

Adjunct Faculty:

Yoonmee Chang, Srilata Gangulee, Therese Lafferty, Tsiwen Law, Partha Mazumdar, Diditi Mitra, Ajay T. Nair, Jacqueline Sadashige

General Information:

-Founded in 1996
-Undergraduates may minor in Asian American Studies in conjunction with any major in the University
-A formal major in Asian American Studies is planned; meanwhile, undergraduates may design individualized majors in Asian American Studies
-A graduate certificate in Asian American Studies is planned
-The academic program works in close cooperation with the student center, the Pan-Asian American Community House, founded in 2000
-The Asian American Studies Recource Collection is housed in the Pan-Asian American Community House
-Courses are cross-listed with other departments and programs, in particular with English, History, Sociology, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore, Political Science, Urban Studies, Afro-American Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and South Asian Studies
-10 to 12 courses are offered each semester

Courses:

Asian Americans in Contemporary Society
Introduction to Asian American Literature
Introduction to Asian American History
Writing about Asian American Literature
Writing about the Indian American Experience
Writing about Race and Ethnicity
Freshman Seminar on Asian American History
Topics in Asian American Literature
Topics in Asian American History
Asian American Women
Asian Americans and Film
Asian Americans and Popular Culture
Asian Americans and Language
Asian American Perspectives on Government Policy
Asian/Pacific Americans and American Law
Asian Americans in the U.S. Economy
Asian American Community Fieldwork
South Asians in the United States
Japanese American History
The Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans
American Expansion in the Pacific
Ethnicity
Race and Ethnic Relations
American Ethnic Literature 1945-present
Race and Ethnicity in American Film and Literature
Sociology of Education
Research Seminar
Independent Study

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