Constancio Arnaldo is the recipient of a 2011 LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants. Arnaldo is a Ph.D. student in Anthropology. He has served as a Teaching Assistant for AAS 100 Intro to Asian American Studies since Fall 2008.
- The Conrad Humanities Scholar designation supports the work of exceptionally promising associate professors in humanities within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Professor Manalansan's designation is effective beginning 2010-11 academic year and continuing through 2014-15 academic year.
- Susan Koshy, Associate Professor in Asian American Studies and English, will be an Associate in the Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for 2010-2011 academic year.
- A graduate minor in Asian American Studies has been newly established. The minor requires completion of 16 credit hours of coursework.
- Lisa Cacho, Assistant Professor in Asian American Studies and Latina Latino Studies, received the 2010 Outstanding Asian American Faculty-Staff Award presented by the Asian American Cultural Center. Congratulations!
- Lisa Cacho, Assistant Professor in Asian American Studies and Latina Latino Studies, received the 2010 Outstanding Asian American Faculty-Staff Award presented by the Asian American Cultural Center. Congratulations!
- Dr. Maryam Kashani (AAS/GWS) has been named a Helen Corley Petit Scholar for the 2024-25 academic year. The award is granted to up to seven newly tenured faculty members and is based on excellence in research and teaching.
- Election Day: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Register to vote: illinois.turbovote.org Online voter registration deadline: October 23 In-person voter registration deadline: November...
- Congratulations to Susan Koshy for her recent receipt of a faculty fellowship with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. From OVCRI: "Faculty Fellows inform OVCRI thinking and policy-making while simultaneously learning about campus-level research administration and research-related issues. It’s a strategic professional development opportunity to nurture new campus...
- AAS's Dr. Lila Sharif has participated in authoring a new book on critical refugee studies: Departures: An Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies. The book is available now for pre-order from the University of California Press. From the publication announcement: "This book makes a compelling case for the...
- Congratulations to these AAS faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and teaching assistants who were ranked as excellent by their students in the Spring 2021 semester! Results are based off of end-of-semester ICES reviews. Eman Ghanayem, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow | AAS 300 Akil Guruparan, Teaching Assistant | AAS 100 Tina Horton, Teaching Assistant | AAS 100 Maryam Kashani, Assistant...
- Congratulations to these AAS faculty members and teaching assistants who were ranked as excellent by their students in the Fall 2019 semester! Results are based off of end-of-semester ICES reviews. Simon Boonsripaisal (TA) - AAS 100 Fiona Ngo - AAS 120 A. Naomi Paik - AAS 200, AAS 370 Doo Jae Park (TA) - AAS 100 Michael Uhall (TA) - AAS 100
- Professor Kent Ono and Professor Emeritus Pallassana Balgopal shared their personal experiences as Asian Americans and discussed the impact of the Asian American community on campus and Urbana-Champaign community, in a radio documentary produced by the Urbana University Laboratory High School students. "From East to West: Journeying through the Lives of Asian-Americans in Champaign-...
- Junaid Rana's new book Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora (Duke University Press, forthcoming May 2011) is recognized by The Huffington Post in its list of...