Congratulations to AAST affiliate professor Dr. Perla Guerrero for being awarded the 2020 Donna B. Hamilton Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
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We are outraged by and mourn the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery and so many more Black victims of police violence and broader systems of racist violence. It is, however, not enough to say it. We must also find ways to be actively anti-racist.
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Please join us in congratulating the students who have completed the Asian American Studies minor during the 2019-2020 academic year. This year, 19 exceptional students from majors across the campus completed the minor
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This course explores how Asian Americans have historically been represented in the U.S. by Hollywood, and in turn, how independent and Hollywood Asian American filmmakers have represented themselves. It covers the history of racial, gendered, and sexualized representations of Asian Americans in Hollywood, as well as Asian American filmic responses within and outside Hollywood.
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Dr. Janelle Wong, Professor of Asian American Studies and American Studies, was quoted in a Vox article published on April 21, 2020 on “How the coronavirus is surfacing America’s deep-seated anti-Asian biases”.
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Asian American Studies Adjust Professor, Phil Tajitsu Nash, dialogues with a former colleague and friend, Emil Guillermo, on the impacts of Covid-19 on Asian Americans.
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On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, civil rights and racial justice organizations released a joint call to action denouncing discrimination against Asian Americans and urging unity in Covid-19 pandemic response.
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Dr. Cixin Wang, AAST Affiliate Faculty and Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, has joined a team of researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to investigate the impact of discrimination against Asian Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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On Friday, March 6, comedy writer and performer Karen Chee visits UMD for a stand-up set followed by a candid Q&A session discussing her experience as an Asian American in the entertainment industry.
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The Asian American Studies Program would like to thank all those who made a gift during Giving Day 2020!
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