Discover how an Interdisciplinary Minor in Asian and Asian American Studies can change your world!
On March 8, 2021, AAASI and AAAFS released a joint statement. Read the full statement in our posts on the home page.
Asian Americans are not silent. So many of us in the community are actively fighting injustices and anti-racism. However, historically, we have always been silenced, which gives the incredibly false interpretation that all Asian Americans are passive & do not care. Let's talk.
Join UConn Faculty, Staff, Graduate, Undergraduate, and Alumni Asian Americans to unlearn and relearn about each other.
We thank the over 800 attendees for coming to this event!
Resources to continue the conversation:
- Immigrant History Initiative - Strategies for talking to children about racial identity, bullying, and anti-Asian racism | click here.
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors and Books #iamnotavirus #makeusvisible | list of Asian American books
- Connecticut specific Facebook group | #MakeUsVisibleCT
AAASI’s Illuminating Resilience Project
Want to see the work some students have done with the mental health and arts initiative involving the COVID-19 pandemic?
FOCUS ON FACULTY & INSTITUTE INITIATIVES
An interview conducted by Jason O. Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, with Ryan Verano ’18 (CLAS), a UConn economics major and Asian American studies minor, on his mission in the healthcare field.
Read the interview here.
2021 Asian American Heritage Observance Month Speaker
This Year’s Inagaural Activist-in-Residence
Meet Mike Keo, founder of the #IAMNOTAVIRUS Campaign.
Read about the campaign, and find our resources here.
2020-2021 SCHARP Grant Artist-in-Residence: Ben Barson, member of the Afro-Yaqui Music Collective
We welcome Dr. Ben Barson, Composer, Coordinator, Musician and member of the Afro-Yaqui Music Collective as this year's Artist-in-Residence. Mr. Barson is the 2018 Winner of the Johnny Mandel Prize in Jazz Composition from ASCAP and a Jazz Studies PhD Candidate from the University of Pittsburgh.
He is a past winner of the AAASI research fellowship in UConn's Special Collections. Dr. Barson practices his art and activism in the traditions of abolition, decolonization, and anti-racism. As a member of the Afro-Yaqui Music Collective we welcome all their partners in a series of exciting programs, events, and workshops throughout the academic year.
Learn more about the Collective here.
Meet The Director!
Associate Professor of History and Director of the AAASI
(Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)
Welcome to the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute. Read Jason Chang's message here.