CrossCurrents: Newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

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CrossCurrents 2023 v45

CrossCurrents Vol. 45, 2023


  • Foundations and Futures: AAPI Multimedia Textbook
  • AAPI Policy Summit 2023: Building Solutions for an Equitable Future
  • Statement: Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action is a Travesty of Justice
  • Never Forget: Filipinx Americans and the Philippines Anti-Martial Law Movement Digital Exhibition
  • Alumni and Staff Spotlight: Emory Chao Johnson
  • Featured Publication: Sa I Gu
  • In Memoriam: Emma Gee, Amy Uyematsu, Martha Nakagawa, Min Tonai

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 44, 2022


  • AAPI Multimedia Textbook: AASC Receives $10 Million in State Funding to Support Open-Access Educational Resource
  • AAPI Policy Initiative: Building Solutions for an Equitable Future Research Briefs
  • Staff Spotlight: Marjorie Lee, Kelly Fong, Lauren Higa
  • Alumni Spotlight: Julie Ha, director of Free Chol Soo Lee
  • Korea Times Endowed Chair Kyeyoung Park
  • AANAPISIs at 15 Years
  • Faculty Advisory Committee Chairs: Gilbert Gee, Purnima Mankekar

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 43, 2021


  • Introducing the AAPI Policy Initiative
  • Vanessa Unmuted Digital Storybook
  • The May 19 Project
  • TranslateCOVID: Volunteers Offer Critical Support for Our Communities

  • 150th Commemoration of the Chinese Massacre of 1871
  • The Enduring Impact of Stanley Kwok Lau & Dora Wong Lau
  • Reflections from the 2020 Activist-In-Residence, Jane Nguyen
  • Remembering Janice Mirikitani, Corky Lee, Judy Yung, James Tong, Haunani-Kay Trask, Merilynne Quon, James To

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 42, 2020


  • In Memoriam: Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
  • Rockin' the Boat: Flashbacks of the 1970s Asian Movement by Mary Uyematsu Kao
  • Southeast Asian Students 'Rising as One': SEASON Conference
  • Asian American Studies 50th Anniversary Film Festival
  • Combatting the Pandemic: #TranslateCOVID
  • UCLA Launches Pilipino Studies Minor

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 41, 2019


  • Mountain Movers: Commemorating 50 Years of Asian American Studies at SF State, Berkeley, and UCLA
  • Lau Lecture Series on Asylum and Deportation
  • Asian American Studies Center Founders Reunion
  • Collective Memories Project Update
  • Institute of American Cultures Celebrates 50 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLA
  • Asian American Studies 50th Anniversary Conference "Power to the People"
  • Honoring Bruins Committed to Social Justice through UCLA: Our Stories Our Impact
  • Center Receives Key Funding for Yuri Kochiyama Project

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 40, 2018


  • Professor Karen Umemoto Returns to UCLA As Chu Director's Chair of the Asian American Studies Center
  • Publications Coordinator, Mary Kao, Retires
  • Remembering Faculty, Friends, and Community Leaders
  • Congratulations to C. Doris and Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize awardee, Associate Clinical Professor Benjamin K. P. Woo

 
CrossCurrents 2017

CrossCurrents Vol. 39, 2017


  • Professor Valerie J. Matsumoto Appointed Aratani Chair
  • Aratani Chair Professor Lane Hirabayashi Retires After 35 Years
  • Community Engaged Scholar Professor Paul Ong Retires
  • Assistant Professor Randall Akee of the Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies is the 2016-17 recipient of the C. Doris and Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies at UCLA
  • Alumni Establishes Nhat H. Tran, M.D. Scholarship
  • 2017 Chancellor's Excellence in Service Award Awarded to the Center's Assistant Director Melany De La Cruz-Viesca
  • Annual Awards Recognize Student Achievements and Research
  • Graduations Celebrate Student Achievements, Inspire for the Future

 

CrossCurrents Vol. 38, 2016


  • Alumni Establish the Helen and Morgan Chu Endowed Director's Chair of the Asian American Studies Center
  • Director Emeritus Don T. Nakanishi Remembered by UCLA Community and Beyond
  • Professor David K. Yoo Appointed Vice Provost of Institute of American Cultures
  • Remembering Professor Emeritus Paul Terasaki
  • Activist-In-Residence Fellowship Established
  • UCLA Asian American Studies Center recognized with the Golden Spike Award by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC)
  • UCLA Celebrates Release of Jack and Aiko Herzig Papers on World War II Incarceration of Japanese Americans

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 37, 2015


  • Professor Marjorie Kagawa Singer Retires After 25 Years, Establishes George and Lily Kagawa Award
  • Alumnus Establishes The Herbert Kawahara Fund
  • Professor Jerry Kang Appointed as Inaugural Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Center, IAC Celebrate 45 Years of Ethnic Studies
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Graduate Student Groups Foster Needed Relationships and Support

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 36, 2014


  • Center Remebers the Legacy of Yuri Kochiyama
  • Community Celebrates Ichioka-Gee Endowed Fund
  • Sakaguchi Fund in Japanese American Studies Established
  • Center, IAC Celebrates 45 Years of Ethnic Studies
  • Annual Awards Celebrate Student Accomplishments
  • Librarian/Archivist Marjorie Lee Awards with Golden Spike Award

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 35, 2013


  • Endowment Gifts Supports New Asian American Faculty and Research
  • Endless Gratitude to George Aratani
  • Book Collections Continue John Delloro's Legacy
  • "Linking Our Lives" Film on Lucie Cheng
  • Center Shares Research on Foreclosure Crisis

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Vol. 34, 2012


  • Celebrating the Career of Professor Robert Nakamura
  • Teaching the Pacific with the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
  • Remembering Him Mark Lai
  • Reconnecting with Alumni, Students, Faculty, and Friends at the Annual Awards Reception

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Spring, 2011


  • UCLA Asian American Studies Center Celebrates the Retirement of Long-Time Amerasia Journal Editor, Russell Leong
  • UCLA Asian American Studies Center Co-sponsors Screening of Oscar-Nominated Documentary, The Warriors of Qiugang
  • Los Angeles City Councils Honors the 40th Anniversary of UCLA Ethnic Studies with Special Proclamation
  • 2010 Census Results Released

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Fall, 2010


  • Professor Jerry Kang Appointed to New Korea Times Chair
  • Center Remembers Chiyoko Doris Hoshide, John Delloro, and Tam Ngoc Tan
  • Symposium Explores Criminal Justice System
  • Research Scholar and Assistant Editor Appointed

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents Spring, 2010


  • David K. Yoo is Appointed Director and Professor of the Asian American Studies Center
  • Chancellor Block Proclaims "Year of Ethnic Studies at UCLA"
  • Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary and Pays Tribute to Retiring Director Don T. Nakanishi
  • Refugee Nation with Laotian Student Group

 
CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents 40th Anniversary Edition, 2009


  • UCLA Establishes Endowed Chair and Program on U.S.-China Relations and Chinese American Studies
  • Domestic Violence and Abuse in Asian American Communities
  • David Nishida and Dr. Tina Yamano Nishida Establish Distinguished Scholars Endowment
  • Melany Dela Cruz-Viesca Appointed to Los Angeles Human Relations Commission
  • Center Director Don Nakanishi Receives Yale Medal

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CrossCurrents, the newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, keeps readers informed of Center programs, including academic programs, research projects, publications, faculty activities, student achievements, and relevant university and community issues.


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