Welcome to The Ohio State University's Asian American Studies (AAS) website. Here you will find important information about:

• AAS minor requirements
• courses in AAS that are being offered during the 2009-2010 academic year
• students and faculty who are involved in AAS
• upcoming cultural events

Congrats to recent graduates!

We would like to recognize those students who graduated last year with an Asian American Studies minor:

• David Hilo, who majored in Business Administration
• Anita Wang, who majored in Biology

Congratulations and best of luck, graduates!

Welcome to Professor Itagaki

We are very pleased to welcome Professor Lynn Itagaki to Ohio State, where she holds a joint appointment in Women's Studies and English. Professor Itagaki received her M.A. in Asian American Studies and Ph.D. in English from UCLA and her B.A. with highest honors from Harvard University. She was previously an Assistant Professor in English at the University of Montana in Missoula, as well as the Visiting Scholar in Women's Studies in 2008, during which time she developed the four-part film series, "Asian/Pacific Islander Women, Activism and Art." In addition to 20th-21st century U.S. literature, she also specializes in Asian American studies, comparative race theory, feminist theory, and visual culture. Professor Itagaki is currently finishing a book manuscript on the 1992 Los Angeles Crisis and the post-civil rights era. Her next project looks at how contemporary forms of spectatorship change the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Research Workshop Series

Building on the success of previous years, the AAS program continues its Research Workshop Series, headed by Professor Judy Wu. The series offers a forum for graduate students and faculty to share and gain feedback on their works-in-progress. Keep an eye on the Calendar for information about these and other cultural events.

CIC Consortium in Asian American Studies

The AAS program at OSU is an institutional member of the CIC consortium of Asian American Studies programs. The CIC consists of the Big-10 plus the University of Chicago. The consortium, coordinated by Professor Josephine Lee at the University of Minnesota, promotes collaboration among the existing Asian American Studies programs and also brings visibility to the research and teaching at Midwestern institutions. The goals of the consortium are to:

• encourage cooperation and collaboration in Asian American Studies, and provide resources and leadership in this interdisciplinary field for all of the CIC campuses;
• help recruit, mentor, and retain the best faculty and graduate students in this and related areas;
• facilitate shared library and curriculum development;
• and redefine the field of Asian American Studies with respect to new and distinctive Asian American migrant and immigrant communities, histories, and cultures, particularly in the Midwest.

For more information, visit: http://www.cic.net/groups/AsianAmericanStudies/index.shtml.