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Information about the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

Office

Location: King Hall C-4073A
Phone: (323) 343-5773
E-mail: dramon4@calstatela.edu
Website: Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

Chair

Name: Jun Xing
Email: jxing2@calstatela.edu
Phone: (323) 343-5775

The Faculty

Professor:  Jun Xing (Chair)

Assistant Professor:  Juily Phun, Joy Sales

Programs

• Asian and Asian American Studies, B.A.

• Minor in Asian American Studies
• Minor in Asian Studies

• Undergraduate Certificate in Cultural Competence for Professionals

Courses

• AAAS 1080 - Comparative Ethnic Studies
• AAAS 1300 - Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Equity, and U.S. Constitution
• AAAS 1400 - Introduction to Globalization, Race, and Place (also listed as LAS 1400, PAS 1400)
• AAAS 1500 - Asian-American History (also listed as HIST 1500)
• AAAS 1600 - History of Asia (also listed as HIST 1600)
• AAAS 1700 - Understanding Contemporary Asia
• AAAS 1800 - Asian and Pacific Islander Migrations
• AAAS 2000 - Pacific Asian Culture, People, and Society
• AAAS 2100 - Asian America: Culture, History, and Community
• AAAS 2200 - Asians and Asian Americans in Literature, Arts, and Media
• AAAS 2250 - Asian American, Pacific Islander Foodways, Identity, and Culture
• AAAS 2300 - Introduction to Filipino/a/x Studies
• AAAS 2400 - Asian American and Pacific Islander Social Movements
• AAAS 2500 - Asian and Asian Americans in Latin America
• AAAS 2630 - Asian-American Experience (also listed as SOC 2630)
• AAAS 2900 - Asian American, Pacific Islander Stories & Storytelling
• AAAS 2950 - Educational Participation in Communities
• AAAS 3000 - Methods of Research & Writing for Asian/Asian American Studies
• AAAS 3400 - Multiracial Asians and Asian Americans
• AAAS 3480 - Race, Class, and Gender (also listed as PAS 3480)
• AAAS 3500 - Ancient East Asian Literature and the Modern World
• AAAS 3510 - Body, Health, and Food Justice in API Communities
• AAAS 3520 - Oral History of Asian America (also listed as HIST 3520)
• AAAS 3530 - Asian and Asian American Literature
• AAAS 3540 - Asian Economies and New Consumerism
• AAAS 3730 - Asian Americans, Families, and Community (also listed as CHDV 3730)
• AAAS 4080 - Comparative Diaspora Studies
• AAAS 4150 - Asian American Communities in Southern California (also listed as ANTH 4150)
• AAAS 4210 - Understanding Korean Culture and Social Organization.
• AAAS 4220 - Korea-US Comparative Cultures
• AAAS 4230 - Internship in Korea
• AAAS 4480 - History of Islamic Central Asia (also listed as HIST 4480)
• AAAS 4490 - Pan Asianism: 19th-20th Century Asian Intellectual History (also listed as HIST 4490)
• AAAS 4491 - Anthropology of Race and Racism (also listed as ANTH 4490, CLS 4490, LAS 4490)
• AAAS 4500 - Advanced Seminar in Asian and Asian-American Studies - Research Method
• AAAS 4510 - Advanced Seminar in Asian and Asian American Studies- Community Service
• AAAS 4520 - Advanced Seminar in Asian and Asian-American Studies- Cultural Competency
• AAAS 4530 - Cultural Competency for Professionals: Understanding Asia and Asian America
• AAAS 4722 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asian American Communities (also listed as WGSS 4722)
• AAAS 4800 - Asia in the Global World
• AAAS 4850 - Anti-Colonial Movements (also listed as LAS 4850, PAS 4850)
• AAAS 4870 - Psychosocial Aspects & Collectivism in Asian and Asian American Societies (also listed as COUN 4870)
• AAAS 4880 - Geography and Geopolitics in East Asia and Southeast Asia (also listed as GEOG 4880)
• AAAS 4970 - Leadership in API Communities
• AAAS 4980 - Cooperative Education
• AAAS 4999 - Undergraduate Directed Study

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