Asian American Studies

Welcome to the Asian American Studies Department

Click on Dr. Tracy Lachica Buenavista's picture to listen to her Welcome Speech for CSUN AAPI Students.

Dr. Teresa Williams-Leon shares her thoughts on the recent increase in visibility of discrimination against Asian Americans in the current news edition of CSUN On Point. Read more.

Message from the Asian American Studies Department on Anti-Asian Violence

May 5, 2021

We, the faculty of Asian American Studies at California State University Northridge, are sickened and enraged about the mass shootings that occurred in Georgia on March 16, 2021. We grieve with the families and communities of the eight people killed in Acworth and Atlanta. Of the 8 individuals who were killed, 6 were Asian immigrant women. Read more

News

AAS 497: Asian American Comics! still has open seats

January 6, 2021

Spaces are still available for AAS 497 Asian American Comics! starting soon. You do not have to be a senior to take this course. If you want to enroll, email Professor Hattori at tomo.hattori@csun.edu.
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CSUN Ethnic Studies faculty oppose the CSU Ethnic Studies and Social Justice requirement and support AB 1460

August 3, 2020

Check out this article in the Asian Journal that is reflective of our collective efforts as a department and community, and includes quotes from Dr. Tracy Buenavista, one of our faculty. Read the full article on Asian Journal.

Civil Discourse and Social Change Awarded $100,000 Grant

July 6, 2020

Civil Discourse and Social Change (CDSC) was awarded a $100,000 California Civil Liberties Public Education Fund grant for 2020-2022. Civil Discourse and Social Change is a CSUN social justice initiative founded in the aftermath of CSUN student mobilizations for undocumented students and against fee hikes and the increasing neoliberalization of the public university during the Great Recession. It is co-directed by Professors Jinah Kim (Communication Studies) and Clem Lai (Asian American Studies). Read more

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Contact

AAS Department
Jerome Richfield 340
CSU, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8251
Phone: 818-677-4966
Fax: 818-677-7094
Office Hours: 8 AM to 5 PM

Dr. Eunai Shrake, Chair
eunai.shrake@csun.edu

Dr. Edith Chen, Academic Advisor
edith.chen@csun.edu