AAPI Nexus is a peer-reviewed, national journal published by UCLA's Asian American Studies Center focusing on policies, practices and community research to benefit the nation's burgeoning Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The journal's mission is to facilitate an exchange of ideas and research findings that strengthens the efforts through policy and practice to tackle the pressing societal problems facing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Since the inception of ethnic studies, the goal of "serving the community" has been at the heart of Asian American Studies and Pacific Islander Studies.
Previous issues have focused on Community Development, Civil Rights, and Voting. The table of contents and editors' notes can be found at: http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/aascpress/nexuscollection.htm
In 2009, AAPI Nexus will publish two special issues focusing on issues, challenges and opportunities facing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and education.
- The first Special Issue on K-12 Education, which has ended its Call for Papers, will be published in Winter/Spring 2009. Professor Peter Kiang, University of Massachusetts, Boston, is the consulting Guest Editor working with the editorial staff on this volume.
- The second Special Issue on Higher Education will be published in Summer/Fall 2009. Professor Mitchell J. Chang, University of California, Los Angeles, is the consulting Guest Editor for this volume. This is a Call for Papers for the second issue.
For the Higher Education special issue, our objective is to share information and insights to enhance the ability to take action in the areas of advocacy, strategic planning, policy development and programming. Articles on higher education may address the following questions, although they are not limited to these:
1. How might AAPI students, faculty, administrators, or staff in higher education uniquely negotiate/experience their work and studies or be uniquely impacted by their institutions--including community colleges that enroll nearly half of all AAPI college students? What are the implications of these findings for considering how colleges and universities can better serve AAPI constituencies, including understudied populations such as AAPI students with disabilities and AAPI veterans?
2. How have broader shifts in higher education that affect undergraduate and graduate studies including admissions policies, financial aid, the federal designation of AAPI serving institutions, globalized and online curricula, etc. influenced AAPI students' enrollment patterns, college and major choices, trust of the admissions system and processes, interactions/treatment on campus, sense of belonging, risk of discrimination, and academic achievement?
3. For AAPI undergraduates, what do their patterns of campus engagement such as participation in community service, campus leadership, student organizations (academic, social, political, religious, Greek, virtual), etc. suggest about both future patterns of participation in broader society and new challenges/trends for higher education?
4. Given the growth and institutionalization of Asian American Studies as a field during the past four decades, what do empirical studies reveal about the impact of Asian American Studies content for both AAPI and non-AAPI undergraduates as well as for graduate/professional training and higher education leadership?
If you are interested in submitting a manuscript for the higher education special issue, please send or email a letter of intent with the title and a very short descriptive paragraph of the proposed paper to the editors for review. If you have a prepared paper, you may also submit the paper at the same time.
We invite academic researchers, practitioners, and community leaders to submit manuscripts. Along with articles based on original research, AAPI Nexus publishes Practitioner's Essays from professionals and community leaders, and Resource Papers that present new statistics on AAPIs or discuss applied research methods. For submission guidelines, please visit: http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/aascpress/pressresources.htm Click on STYLE SHEET for Article Submissions (PDF Document).
Deadline for Letter of Intent for higher education issue: March 20, 2009.
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions for higher education issue: July 1, 2009.
Earlier submission of a Letter or Manuscript is encouraged. Internet communication is preferred. Please address to Managing Editor Melany Dela Cruz-Viesca and send to AAPI Nexus Journal at:
Melany Dela Cruz -Viesca (nexus@aasc.ucla.edu)
and send an electronic copy to:
Senior Editor Marjorie Kagawa-Singer (mkagawa@ucla.edu)
Associate Editor Don T. Nakanishi (dtn@ucla.edu)
Professor Peter Kiang (peter.kiang@umb.edu)
Professor Mitchell J. Chang (mjchang@gseis.ucla.edu)
For regular mail, send all correspondence to:
Melany Dela Cruz -Viesca, Managing Editor
AAPI Nexus Journal
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
3230 Campbell Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546 |
