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Welcome to AAS at Illinois
Asian American Studies (AAS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign was founded in 1997. It is the largest AAS program east of California, with 14 core and 8 affiliated faculty members. The program offers interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate minors in AAS.
Featured Stories & Announcements
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Susan Koshy's article Minority Cosmopolitanism wins Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Honorable Mention
Professor Susan Koshy's article "Minority Cosmopolitanism," (PMLA, Volume 126, Number 3, May 2011, pp. 592–609 (18)) has been selected as a winner of an Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Honorable Mention for best faculty research.
- J.B. Capino's book "Dream Factories of a Former Colony" wins Association for Asian American Studies 2010 Book Award in Cultural Studies
- Design Contest for Asian American Studies Program hoodies
- Esther Kim Lee speaks at George Washington University
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Publications by AAS Faculty
Lisa Nakamura. (2011). Syrian Lesbian Bloggers, Fake Geishas, and the Attractions of Identity Tourism. Hyphen (blog).
Kent A. Ono. (2011). Critical Rhetorics of Race. New York: NYU Press. (with Michael G. Lacy).
Junaid Rana. (2011). Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora. Durham: Duke University Press.
Moon-Kie Jung. (2011). State of White Supremacy: Racism, Governance, and the United States (2011). Stanford University Press. (with João H. Costa Vargas, and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva)