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  • 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."
    AAS Receives iSEE Certified Green Office Award
      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: appoint a Sustainability Ambassador; adopt a sustainable travel policy; use 30% recycled-content and FSC-...
  • Asian American Studies Faculty Ranked as Excellent - Spring 2019
      Congratulations to these AAS faculty members and TAs who were ranked as excellent by their students in the Spring 2019 semester! Maryam Kashani — AAS 365 Sang Lee (TA) — AAS 100 Fiona Ngo — AAS 315 Junaid Rana — AAS 300 Merin Thomas (TA) — AAS 100 These results were based on end-of-semester ICES review forms.  
  • Asian American Studies Faculty Ranked as Excellent - Fall 2018
      Congratulations to these AAS faculty members who were ranked as excellent by their students in the Fall 2018 semester! Naomi Paik — AAS 299, AAS 375 Junaid Rana — AAS 200 Lila Sharif — AAS 105 These results were based on end-of-semester ICES review forms.  
  • Asian American Studies Faculty Ranked as Excellent - Spring 2018
      Congratulations to these AAS teaching assistants and faculty members who were ranked as excellent by their students in the Spring 2018 semester! Ga Young Chung (T.A.) — AAS  100 Alex Lee (T.A.) — AAS 100 Jennifer Kelly — AAS 100 Naomi Paik — AAS 100 Junaid Rana — AAS 561 These results were based on end-of-semester ICES review forms.  
  • Professor Yoon K. Pak named President of the History of Education Society
    Dr. Yoon Pak, Professor of Asian American Studies and Head of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership (EPOL) has been elected the 2019-2020 President of the History of Education Society.
  • Congratulations to AAS Associate Professor Maryam Kashani, 2019 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.
    The Department of Asian American Studies is pleased to announce that AAS Assistant Professor Maryam Kashani has been awarded the 2019 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Academy of Education.
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    Professor Maryam Kashani Awarded 2019-2021 Unit for Criticism Junior Fellowship
    AAS Assistant Professor Maryam Kashani has been awarded one of two Junior Research Fellowships by the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory for her project "Medina by the Bay: An Islamic Ethics of Difference and Survival in the Bay Area." As a Junior Fellow, Professor Kashani will be provided with funds for conducting her research, as well as a manuscript workshop organized by the Unit...