Office

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

Chair

Department Chair: May Fu
Email: may.fu@calstatela.edu
Phone: (323) 343-5773

The Faculty

Associate Professor: May Fu (Chair); Juily Phun
Assistant Professor: Wei Lun Jason Chiu; Joy Sales
Emeriti: Jun Xing

Overview

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies offers an interdisciplinary B.A. degree program that examines Asian and Asian American communities within the context of history, culture, politics, racial formation, and social justice. Students learn to analyze the intersections of race and ethnicity, gender, class, and power within local, national, and global contexts. The program emphasizes critical inquiry, analysis, and action so students can create positive change in themselves and the world around them.

Students with a degree in Asian and Asian American Studies are equipped with important skills necessary in every career, such as critical thinking, data analysis, creative problem-solving, community building, and communication. Our graduates pursue careers in education, public health, social work, counseling, journalism, public policy, international relations, non-profit organizations, community organizing, and other socially engaged pathways.
 

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 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 1800 - Asian and Pacific Islander Migrations
• AAAS 2000 - Pacific Asian Culture, People, and Society
• AAAS 2100 - Introduction to Asian American Studies
• AAAS 2150 - Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
• AAAS 2200 - Asian & Asian American Popular Culture
• 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 - Research Methods and Writing
• AAAS 3480 - Race, Class, and Gender (also listed as CLS 3300, PAS 3480)
• AAAS 3550 - Asians in the Global World
• AAAS 3590 - Current Topics in Asia
• AAAS 3800 - Current Asian American Issues
• 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 4540 - Special Topics in Asian & Asian-American Studies
• 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 4990 - Senior Capstone
• AAAS 4999 - Undergraduate Directed Study