Left to right: Angela Rola, Roger Buckley, Norman Ikari, Lawson Inada,
Fe Delos-Santos, Kyoko Ikari commemorate Japanese American Internment
with poetry, jazz and camaraderie in the Jorgensen Gallery.

The Asian American Studies Institute is an interdisciplinary research, teaching and publication program devoted to the study of the Asian American experience within the larger context of an evolving American society. Of special importance is the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Although the primary focus of the Institute is upon Asians in America, attention is also given to the study of Asia, since Asia informs the Asian American experience.

The Institute offers a minor in Asian American Studies with courses drawn from a number of fields. These courses, whose common thread is the Asian American experience, provide a comparative analysis of race, class, gender and Asian ethnicity. These courses also explore the neglected aspects of the cultural, historical, socioeconomic and political experiences of Asian Americans. The goal of the Institute is to prepare students for positions of leadership and service by cultivating a broad understanding of America's racial and cultural diversity. Our hope is that students will employ critical learning in their private lives as citizens. To complement its academic mission, the Institute serves the community beyond the University as a resource for information and advocacy.

Established in the Spring of 1993, the Asian American Studies Institute has actively promoted the university's goal of educational diversity in its research, curricular and programmatic activities, and in its recruitment and retention of faculty, staff and students. It is an integral partner of and reports to the Office of the Vice Provost of Multicultural and International Affairs.

Institute Director
Roger N. Buckley

Program Specialist
Fe Delos Santos

Administrative Assistant
Maxine Smestad Haines

Asian American Studies Institute University of Connecticut
Beach Hall, Room 416 354 Mansfield Road, Unit 2091
Storrs, CT 06269-2091

Phone 860 486. 4751
Fax 860 486. 2851
Email asian.american@uconn.edu