Dr. Edith Chen's Website
Department of Asian American Studies*College of Humanities*18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8251 *Jerome Richfield 340A* Office: 818-677-5690 *
Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Workshops, (lead editor, co-edited with Glenn Omatsu), (Rowman & Littlefield Publication Inc.; May 2006).
"Telling Our Stories: A Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley, 1910s-1950s," a multimedia exhibition including photos, oral history, and a 15 minute documentary. An AAS 390 service-learning project for the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center.
San Fernando Museum of Art and History, shown February 3rd, 2006-April 15th, 2006.
San Fernando Valley High School, Cesar Chavez Auditorium, “Orange Blossoms in the Dust,” a play based upon oral histories collected by AAS 390 students, April 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2005
Mission College, April 7th, 2005
Pasadena Cherry Blossom Festival, April 2nd-April 3rd, 2005
San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center, March 6th, 2005
Cal State University Northridge, Campus Theatre, November 30th, 2004
Las Palmas Recreation Center, October 16th-November 1st, 2004
San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center, May 6th-August 31st, 2004
Asian American in Sororities and Fraternities
"Constructing a Non-Asian Identity: Asian American Sisters in 'White' Sororities," in Living in the Light: Multicultural Communication and Asian American Women, Elizabeth N. Kunimoto, Editor. Honolulu, Hawaii: Patina Productions, (forthcoming 2006).
"Asian Americans in Sororities and Fraternities: In Search of a Home and Place," Diversity in Fraternities and Sororities, ed. Craig Torbenson and Gregory S. Parks (Submitted for review).
"Chinese Dominicans: An Exploration of Ethnic and Racial Identity in the Dominican Republic and the U.S." to be presented at the 26th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006.