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Academic Version: Applying my personal experiences and academic research as a professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies to provide a more complete understanding of political, economic, and cultural issues and current events related to American race relations, and Asia/Asian America in particular.
Plain English: Trying to put my Ph.D. to good use.
PBS station KTEH in the San Jose, CA area is showcasing several very interesting documentaries this month on Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans. in commemoration of the anniversary of the Fall of Saigon later this month:
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KTEH Presents: Vietnamese American Journey
Special Broadcasts During April 2008
Join KTEH, your local PBS station, this April for a month of special films highlighting the Vietnamese American Journey, Read More →
My colleague Andrew Lam has created a YouTube video channel that features short documentaries related to his journey back to Viet Nam a few years ago, entitled My Journey Home, produced by PBS. Part one of the series is below:
I encourage everyone to check out Andrew’s work and his journey back to his homeland.
Is it a another sign of the power of capitalism, or that a bastion of American society and culture is increasingly accepting of Arabs and Muslims, or both? You can judge for yourself: as the Associated Press reports, Wal-Mart is catering to the Arab and Muslim American population in the Detroit area:
Aisle 3, which also features Eastern European and Read More →
Asian Americans know that the competition to get into the top colleges and universities is quite intense these days. With that in mind, as the Korean newspaper JoongAng Daily reports, many Korean American students have decided to skip the U.S. entirely and instead, attend the top universities in South Korea:
A year ago, 19-year-old Korean-American Choi Joo-eun chose Korea¡¯s Yonsei University Read More →
I’m not shy about it — even professors need a spring break too. So I’m off to visit some friends and do some camping in North Carolina for a few days. Hopefully I’ll return in one piece and be back blogging on Friday. See you then.
I received the following announcement about the upcoming performance of the only pan-Asian production of The Vagina Monologues for those of you in the Los Angeles area:
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I am one of the producers of the only Pan Asian production of The Vagina Monologues with Tamlyn Tomita, Takayo Fischer, Cher Calvin (KTLA anchor), and Janet Choi (KTLA reporter) among many other wonderful API Read More →
Following up on yesterday’s post, I’d like to make another plug for the fourth annual national Vietnamese American Student Conference (VASCON4), taking place at Georgetown University and the Marriott Conference and Hotel from April 4-6, 2008:
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VASCON4 is hoping to bring nearly 300 students from universities, colleges, and high schools to discuss the most pressing domestic and international issues facing the Vietnamese Read More →
I’d like to make another plug for another very worthwhile Asian American student conference: MAASU (Midwest Asian American Student Union):
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The MAASU Spring Conference will be held in Lawrence, Kansas from March 28-29, 2008, which will bring together around 600 Asian-American college students across the Midwest.
The goal of the conference will be to discuss and share issues, strategies and programs that Read More →
Many of you are probably familiar with the protests of many around the world against China’s occupation of Tibet, symbolized most publicly by the Dalai Lama. This past week, many exiled Tibetans and their allies have embarked on a historic march from India to Tibet to focus international attention on their issue.
Unfortunately, as the Associated Press/Salon.com reports, their efforts are Read More →
As happens quite frequently, I received another request from a reader to help publicize her online research survey, this time about eating habits of Japanese and Japanese American women:
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My name is Stephanie Calloway and I am a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This semester I am trying to finish my Master’s thesis and I really need your help! My Read More →
I’ve been given the opportunity to conduct the first (and hopefully not last) giveaway contest on this blog — a chance to win a free DVD of Blue State. Featuring Academy Award winner Anna Paquin, Blue State is an independent film about a disgruntled John Kerry campaign activist that vows to move to Canada if Bush is re-elected.
A former student of mine, Nate Bae Kupel, has been hard at work on helping to create a new radio show devoted to Asian Americans and is happy to report that the show is finally ready. His announcement is below:
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As I Am: Asians In America Radio Pilot
As I Am is an hour-long program, hosted by author-activist Helen Zia, that examines Read More →
