The Department of Asian American Studies is proud to present the Betty Lee Sung Memorial Scholarship Fund. This Fund supports travel scholarships for outstanding undergraduate majors or minors in Asian American Studies. For a student to receive this scholarship, they must demonstrate excellent...
The first Interseminars event of 2024 kicks off next week with Joanne Barker's talk entitled "In Radical Relationality: Writing Against Climate and Gender Violence."
Joanne Barker is Lenape (a citizen of the Delaware Tribe of Indians). She is professor of American Indian Studies in the...
The Department of Asian American Studies (AAS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks two postdoctoral research associates for the 2024-2025 academic year. This is a one-year appointment with a start date of August 16, 2024. Applicants must demonstrate promise for a tenure-track...
AAS is proud to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Keva X. Bui! Dr. Bui has previously taught and worked at UCSD, Pomona College, and Pennsylvania State University. Their work examines...
The Women's Resource Center is now accepting applications for the Verdell Frazier Young (VFY) Scholarship on a rolling basis. The VFY Scholarship provides scholarships to assist women and gender minorities who have had an interruption in pursuing a college degree. To learn more or apply, please...
The Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a Lecturer in Asian American Studies. We seek a theoretically sophisticated interdisciplinary scholar trained in ethnic studies or related fields to teach core courses in Asian...
The Department of Asian American Studies seeks an assistant, associate, or full professor with interdisciplinary expertise in Health Humanities and/or Environmental Justice. The general areas of specialization include poverty, inequality, housing discrimination; health disparities, medical racism,...
The Asian American Studies department is celebrating its faculty member, Dr. Maryam Kashani, on her new book release. Prof. Kashani is a filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies here at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Well-...
Maryam Kashani
From the Black Power movement and state surveillance to Silicon Valley and gentrification, Medina by the Bay examines how multiracial Muslim...