The Asian American Studies Program welcomes Dr. Rossina Zamora Liu to the AAST affiliate faculty and to the University of Maryland. Dr. Liu, a UMD alumna, shares her journey.
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Dr. Julie J. Park, an associate professor in the College of Education and an affiliate faculty member in AAST, “served as a consulting expert for Harvard in a case joined by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants to the university. In an opinion piece in Inside Higher Ed, she argues that in a university filled with stratospheric GPAs and SATs, Harvard gives Asian Americans a fair shake.”
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Dr. Jia Li Liu is the 2018-19 Calvin J. Li Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asian American Studies Program.
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Dr. Cixin Wang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education and Affiliate Faculty of Asian American Studies, was awarded a grant to develop an intervention for parents of Asian American adolescents who are struggling with mental health issues or bullying from peers.
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Dr. K. Anh Do, who has been the 2016-2018 Calvin J. Li Postdoctoral Fellow in the AAST, has accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore in the Department of Human Ecology. She is starting her new position in the Fall.
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Dr. Janelle Wong released her new book, “Immigrants, Evangelicals and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change,” showing that white evangelicals are more conservative than other whites on policy issues including welfare, climate change and immigration.
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As immigration from Asia and Latin America reshapes the demographic composition of the U.S., some analysts have anticipated the decline of conservative white evangelicals’ influence in politics.
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The Asian American Studies Program congratulates its Director, Dr. Julie Park, for being awarded The Donna B. Hamilton Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in an Office of Undergraduate Studies Program!
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On May 3, 2018, the Asian American Studies Program proudly recognized 19 students who completed the AAST minor this academic year (2017-2018). Additionally, the program recognized five students who are named recipients of 2018-2019 Asian American Studies scholarships: The Timothy J Ng Scholarship in Asian American Studies, The Linh-Thong Huu Nguyen Memorial Scholarship, and The Major General Antonio Taguba Profiles in Courage and Leadership Scholarship.
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On May 4, 2018, the Asian American Studies Program was awarded the President’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues (PCEMI) Instructional Unit- Minority Achievement Award. This award recognizes the program's accomplishments and contributions to advancing the University's teaching, research, and service to ethnic minorities, noting the scope and content of its courses, the number and range of students reached through its courses, and the programs provided to the community.
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