Past News

February 19, 2013

Apply for the $3,000 AASP Summer Fellowship! Deadline is April 8.

 

December 9, 2013

NU Director of Asian American Studies, Carolyn Chen, wrote a New York Times Op Ed, "Asians: Too Smart for Their Own Good?"

 

April 4, 2012 

Director Carolyn Chen in an article by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs

Director Carolyn Chen was quoted in an article about the increasing trend of Asian American Studies on college campuses.  Director Chen said, "We see it as contributing to the American narrative, to a larger story about who Americans are," according to the article.

Read more of what Director Chen said here:

http://bit.ly/HS0frn

 

April 2, 2012    

17th Annual Asian American Showcase featuring Professor Tatsu Aoki

Exciting news.

NU Asian American Studies' very own Professor Tatsu Aoki has a film called Ah Sou Desuka: Is That So! that will be featured at the 17th Annual Asian American Showcase! He will be joining special guests in performing a live soundtrack for his new film on Sunday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m.

For more information about the showcase and a full listing of its events, go to: www.faaim.org

March 5, 2012             

                    

                         Director Chen on CNN.com!

Asian American Studies Director Caroyln Chen discusses Jeremy Lin and the Christian idenitity on CNN.com!

"What's happening at the college level, for students this is a really important time and this is a really important form of community," Chen said. "It is also somewhat like an extended family for them."

 

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/21/jeremy-lin-emerges-as-emblem-of-burgeoning-asian-american-christianity/

Also check out this article about AASP's very own alum Joe Lee!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-trice-basketball-0305-20120305,0,1684277.column

 

March 1, 2012

Check out this article on Philip Yu, one of the most popular Asian American bloggers and Asian American Studies Alum!