Associate Head Named Recipient of Prestigious Award

The Asian American Studies Department has the distinct pleasure of announcing that our colleague and Associate Head, Junaid Rana, has been named the recipient of the Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS) Book Award for the Social Sciences 2011.  He will officially receive his award at...

Fiona Ngo Named Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Fellow

Asian American Studies is happy to announce that Fiona Ngo, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Gender and Women's Studies, has been awarded one of the highly competitive Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Fellowship for 2013-2014. The IPRH grants fellowships to Illinois...

Soo Ah Kwon and Nancy Abelmann Receive Spencer Foundation Grant

  Soo Ah Kwon and Nancy Abelmann, two AAS core faculty members, as well as their co-principal investigators Adrienne Lo and Tim Liao have just been notified that their proposal for “The American University Meets the Pacific Century (AUPC)," has been chosen for funding by the Spencer...

AAS Receives iSEE Certified Green Office Award

An image of the iSEE certificate. Text reads: "Gold Certified Green Office. Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment recognizes Department of Asian American Studies for achieving gold level standards in the Certified Green Office Program and promoting sustainable office practices and reducing the campus carbon footprint. Awarded this Earth Day (22nd April) 2015."
  APRIL 23, 2015 — On Earth Day, the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) announced award winners for its 2014-15 Certified Green Office Program. Twenty-four participating offices all agreed to the five basic commitments to become a Certified Green Office:...
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