University of California Los Angeles
UCLA Asian American Studies Center

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is one of four ethnic studies centers established in 1969 at the University of California, Los Angeles. With the Department of Asian American Studies, the Center has core programs in research, publications, and curriculum development, in library and archives, in student leadership training, in public educational activities, and in sustained endowment and development efforts.

The Center contributes to the balanced understanding of today's Asian and Pacific Americans from diverse local and global perspectives.

Director
Professor Don T. Nakanishi

u.s./china media brief A project of the U.S.-China Media and Communications Program, UCLA Asian American Studies Center

U.S.-China Media Brief Program Director
Professor Russell C. Leong

Principal Writers and Researchers
Sharon Owyang & Russell C. Leong

Website & Information Architect
Tam Nguyen

Media Production
Tin D. Nguyen

Online Media Producer (2008-2009)
George T. Johnston

Media Brief & Website Graphic Design
Yee Design

The Center Staff
Associate Director
Professor Robert Nakamura
Assistant Director
Melany Dela Cruz-Viesca
Center Management
Betty Leung; Irene Soriano
Library Resources & Archives
Marjorie Lee; Judy Soo Hoo
UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press:
Russell C. Leong, Editor Amerasia Journal; Mary Uyematsu Kao; Stephanie Santos; Tu Ying Ming
Student Community Projects
Meg Thornton
Information Technology Coordinator
Tam Nguyen
Student Assistants
Jamie Chan, Andrew Jung, Christina Lee, Jacqueline Saen, Jasmine Lau, Aaron Wong