University of Southern California
Asian American Studies Program
Program in American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4033
(213) 740-2426, FAX (213) 821-0409
Email:aseinfo@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/pase

Director:

Leland T. Saito


Faculty:

Dorinne Kondo (Anthropology), Lon Kurashige (History), Viet
Ngyuen (English), Jane Iwamura (Religion), Leland Saito (Sociology),
Janelle Wong (Political Science)
Affiliated Faculty: Ruth Chung (Education), Meiling Cheng (Theater),
Velina Hasu Houston (Theater), Prema Kurien (Sociology)


General Information:

-Established in 1994
-Part of the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity, which includes African American Studies,Chicano/Latino Studies, and Asian American Studies
-Offers undergraduate majors and minors in Asian American Studies
-Ph.D. Program in American Studies and Ethnicity established 2001
-The program in American Studies and Ethnicity highlights the study of:
1) race and ethnicity
2) Los Angeles, Southern California, and the Pacific Rim
3) culture, from broad anthropological definitions to
music, film, performance, popular culture


Topics/Courses:

10 courses to major, 7 to minor. The core comprises:
Interethnic Diversity in the West
The Making of Asian America
America, the Frontier, and the New West
Seminar in Ethnic Studies
Introduction to Asian American History
Asian American Theater
Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity and Social Change
Contemporary Issues in Asian American Communities
Selection of courses from the category “American Comparative Ethnicities
and/or Gender,” including courses cross-listed with the traditional disciplines: Gender and Feminist Studies, the Annenberg School of Communications, and the Schools of Music, Gerontology, Theater,
and Cinema-Television

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