From: IYI4DTN@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Gann Matsuda)
Subject: Re: REPOST: Asian American Studies Depts
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:51:17 PST

In article <1gs5k5INNg03@tamsun.tamu.edu>, on 18 Dec 1992 09:28:37 GMT,
achin@math.tamu.edu (Andrew Chin) writes:

>
>I have received a few more replies.  Thanks to all.
>
>UC Berkeley:  a large and active department.
>        "I used mostly AAS classes to satisfy the social studies and
>        humanities requirements." -- Terry Cheung <tcheung@ramius.ocf.llnl.gov>
>        An old general catalog lists the coordinator as L. Ling-chi Wang, M.A.,
>        "so I guess it's not really a huge department." -- Jeannie
>        <c9c-dk@danube.berkeley.edu>
>        Also Gary H
>UCLA:  Asian American Studies Center
>        -- Qingsong Zhang <qsz2u@faraday.clas.Virginia.edu>
>UC San Diego:  early efforts in 1988 -->?
>        "When I graduated from UCSD in 1988 an AA math professor named James
>        Lin headed an effort to start an Asian American studies program.
>        I have not kept up on how things went."  -- David Johnson
>        <david@xlnt.com>
>UC Santa Barbara:  AA courses offered.
>        "We have a section in our schedule of courses that is called Asian
>        American Studies.  I don't know if this is a department but it's
>        a start."  Courses listed for Spring 1992 include:
>                Introduction to Asian American Literature
>                Amerasians
>                Asian-American Gender Relations
>                The Japanese-American Experience
>                The Filipino-American Experience
>                Asian-American Communities
>                Asian-American Education
>                Asian-American Films
>                Asian-American Visual Media
>        -- Mathew Waywe Yee <upsi1@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu>
>Chicago:  unknown.
>        "I guess my university has such a program." -- Paul Tsi Hang Ho
>        <th12@midway.uchicago.edu>
>Colorado:  a "well known" AA studies program
>        James Lin <ir243@sdcc3.ucsd.edu>
>Cornell:  miniature department with professors from other disciplines
>        Department is headed by Prof. Lee C. Lee and Prof. Gary Okihiro,
>        and offers about 10 different courses dealing primarily in history,
>        literature and images in society.  "The department is closely
>        affiliated to the Asian Studies department, which is quite
>        extensive.  As for the quality of the program, it is one of the
>        factors in my decision to come to Cornell." -- David Inoue
>        <gwhx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
>Hawaii:  a "well-known" AA studies program
>        James Lin <ir243@sdcc3.ucsd.edu>
>Hunter College, CUNY:  Asian American Studies Center
>        -- Qingsong Zhang <qsz2u@faraday.clas.Virginia.edu>
>Oberlin:  an Asian studies department with a few AA courses.
>        "The department does not specialize in Asian-American studies, but
>        a few courses on that specific subject are offered." -- Michael
>        c/o Otto Titsling <SMB2866@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu>
>U Pennsylvania:  fighting for AA courses
>        Three courses were offered last semester:  Asians in America,
>        Asian American Perspective on Government Policy, and Asian
>        American Literature.  -- Alexander Wu <wu41@wilma.wharton.upenn.edu>
>Stanford:  no AA program!
>        "A few years ago, Gordon Chang left for Irvine, siunce Stanford
>        refused to create a tenured position for AA Studies.  He has since
>        returned and another faculty member has come (Palumbo-Liu or something
>        like that) who teach a few courses now and then.  I believe they're
>        in the history department (or maybe one was in Comp Lit or something),
>        but the status is that there is essentially no general AA Studies,
>        except for the very motivated." -- Alan J. Hu <ajh@cs.stanford.edu>
>--
>Andrew Chin    Dept. of Math.    Texas A&M U.    College Station, TX 77843
>achin@math.tamu.edu   Probably not TAMU's exact opinions.   (409) 845-0261
>                * Fighting racism is not a special interest *
>
UCLA has the first and foremost Asian American Studies Center in the
nation.  They offer an MA degree program and a BA program is in the
works.  Research, publications, cultural and community programs, one of
the most extensive archives of Asian American Studies materials, and
more are offered.

For information: (310) 825-2974.
Address: UCLA Asian American Studies Center
405 Hilgard Ave.
3230 Campbell Hall
Los Angeles, CA  90024-1546

Gann
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