The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at The
Claremont Colleges is proud to announce that Dr. Kathleen S. Yep
published a young adult novel with her uncle, Dr. Laurence Yep, the
recipient of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Lifetime Achievement in Children’s
Literature and two-time Newbery honor winner.

Distributed by HarperCollins, Dragon’s Child tells the story of a father
and son from rural China immigrating to San Francisco in 1922. The Yeps
draw on family stories, immigration records, ship blueprints and
memories of Laurence’s own conversations with his father to tell the
story of Chinese immigration and Angel Island. The American Library
Association’s Booklist describes Dragon’s Child as a “stirring narrative
” and a “dramatic blend of fact and fiction.” The novel also includes
family photos, a historical note, a bibliography, and web resources on
Angel Island. Dragon’s Child resonates with current examples of
immigration interrogations, detentions and deportations.

Professor Kathleen S. Yep is an assistant professor of Asian American
Studies and Sociology at Pitzer College. After completing her doctorate
from the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California at
Berkeley, Yep was a University of California Presidential Postdoctoral
Fellow at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Her research
interests include cultural politics, social movements, feminist and
anti-racist pedagogies, and oral historiography. Yep has published in
the Sociology of Sport Journal, the Journal of Asian American Studies,
and the Asian American Policy Review.

The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies (IDAAS) was
established in 1998 and currently has a core of thirteen faculty who
teach and research in Asian American Studies. At the heart of its
program, IDAAS offers an array of classes each academic year that
addresses Asian Pacific American issues and populations. The
department’s curriculum in the humanities and social sciences includes
courses in the arts, ethnic studies, history, literature, psychology,
sociology, and a number of interdisciplinary areas of study. For more
information, please visit the website at http://www.idaas.org.