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...
Susan Koshy Receives OVCRI Faculty Fellowship 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...
Soo Ah Kwon wins Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching AAS is thrilled to announce that Dr. Soo Ah Kwon is a recipient of this year's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. The College of LAS has selected 19 professors, graduate students, lecturers...
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...
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...
Asian American Studies Faculty Ranked as Excellent - Fall 2019 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...
Dr. Maryam Kashani Named 2024-25 Helen Corley Petit Scholar 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...
AAS Faculty Member Susan Koshy awarded prestigious Sawyer Seminar Grant Mellon Foundation awards Sawyer Seminar grant to Illinois faculty At Risk U will examine challenges to democracy and academic freedom in U.S. universitiesA multi-...
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...
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...
Asian American Studies Teachers Ranked as Excellent - Spring 2021 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...
Book Release from Professor Junaid Rana Professor Junaid Rana recently released his newest publication: The Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Reader. This collection of twenty-four essays gives readers a thoughtful analysis...
AAS Faculty & Graduate Student Receive HRI Fellowship Please join us in celebrating AAS Faculty Member Junaid Rana and Graduate Student Anirban Mukhopadhyay on their acceptance into the 2026-27 HRI Fellowship. Rana and Mukhopadhyay are joining a cohort...
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...