The annual Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian Americans is held to bring a guest speaker to the Urbana-Champaign campus to draw attention to issues of marginality and oppression experienced within Asian American communities. In this year's lecture, Dr. Eric Tang from the University of Texas will explore how refugees in urban America conceive of the continuities between the past...
- Asian American Studies and Latino/Latina Studies Professor Fiona Ngô has been named a Conrad Humanities Scholar for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for 2016-2021. The award recognizes mid-career scholars with the highest potential for continued achievement in the humanities fields.
Congratulations to Asian American Studies Professor, Dr. Martin Manalansan for winning this year's Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award! The American Studies Association Minority Scholars Committee awards the Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award to honor a scholar who, like Richard Yarborough, demonstrates dedication to and excellence in mentoring underrepresented faculty, postdoctoral...
Dr. Paik's new book, Rightlessness: Testimony and Redress in U.S. Prison Camps since World War II, was published in April and the story has been covered by the Illinois News Bureau.
THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT 2.0 AND MULTI-ETHNIC ORGANIZING IN CHICAGO AND NATIONALLY: Initial Observations and Experiences from the Field Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Yang-Clayton Director of Policy and Programs at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago Wednesday, October 21 at 4:00pm, Illini Union Rm 314A Reception to Follow Free and Open to the Public Between 2000 and 2010,...- Asian American Studies and Latino/Latina Studies Professor Lisa Cacho has been named a Conrad Humanities Scholar for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for 2015-2020. The award recognizes mid-career scholars with the highest potential for continued achievement in the humanities fields.
Congratulations to Mary Ellerbe, "the heart of UIUC's Asian American Studies" honored with a 2015 Outstanding Asian American Faculty/Staff Award at the 2015 Asian American Leadership Awards.
The Department of Asian American Studies is honored to announce this year's recipients of the Jeffery S. Tanaka Research Grant. This research grant is named for Jeffrey S. Tanaka, a professor in the University of Illinois’ departments of Psychology and Educational Psychology until his untimely death in 1992. He was well known by his students for his generosity in mentoring graduate...- The Department of Asian American Studies offers a minor for graduate and undergraduate students. This spring we have 1 graduate and 3 undergraduates completing their degrees and a minor in Asian American Studies. Debbie Kim, BA LAS, History of Art Brian Oh, BS Finance Hannah Park, BA LAS, History Constancio Arnaldo, PHD Anthropology Our graduating minors were recognized on...
- Dr. Nancy Abelmann was awarded the Humanities Council Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Fiona Ngo was awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
- Congratulations AAS Professor Mimi Nguyen for being selected as one of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Fellows for 2015-2016.
It is our distinct honor to announce that AAS faculty member, Prof. Fiona Ngo has won the LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Nominations were evaluated in terms of achievement according to established criteria that included sustained excellence in undergraduate teaching, positive impact on undergraduate student learning, innovative approaches...- On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, the faculty of the Department of Asian American Studies cast a vote of no confidence in UIUC Chancellor Phyllis Wise and the Board of Trustees. In response to the firing of Professor Steven Salaita by the Chancellor, an act that undermined shared governance and unit autonomy, and the recent suggestions reported in the media of external pressures from donors and...
- The Department of Asian American Studies (AAS) believes in free speech and the respectful exchange of ideas. A vital research institution such as the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cannot flourish without such a commitment. This is the foundation of our work both inside and outside of the classroom. And this is why the January 27 and 28 events were so disturbing for our...
- The 2014 Illinois Student Senate Teaching Excellence Award is a student-nominated and student-selected award from across the University. Congratulations to AAS Professor Fiona Ngo.