01-28-2023 Remembering Betty Lee Sung The Association for Asian American Studies mourns the passing of Betty Lee Sung, a pioneering scholar and a cherished member of the Asian American Studies community. We Read More
12-23-2022 Invitation to Members to Sign Petition Regarding Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon Dear AAAS Members, As many of you are aware, Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon recently made racist remarks regarding Asians during the commencement exercises Read More
04-11-2025 2025 AAAS Award Winners We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 AAAS Awards. We look forward to celebrating you all in Boston! Congratulations to Kong Pheng Pha, Read More
03-31-2025 New JAAS Editor The AAAS board is proud to announce that Professor Julia H. Lee will be the incoming editor of the Journal of Asian American Read More
02-15-2025 AAAS 2025 Book Award Winners It is our distinct privilege to announce that the AAAS Book Awards Committee and its panel of jurors has officially completed adjudicating the nominations for Read More
11-25-2024 Search for the Editor of the Journal of Asian American Studies The Journal of Asian American Studies (JAAS), the flagship publication of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) is conducting a search for its Editor. Read More
07-10-2024 Remembering Douglas Lee The Association is saddened to announce that Dr. Douglas Lee passed away on May 24, 2024. He was the first AAAS president from 1979 to Read More
05-29-2024 AAAS Self Study: THE FUTURE STARTS NOW Dear AAAS members: We currently live in disturbing times. At a moment when ethnic studies and critical race studies have been institutionalized in the academy, Read More
05-22-2024 Remembering Gary Okihiro The Association for Asian American Studies is deeply saddened at the passing of Professor Gary Okihiro on May 20, 2024. Professor Okihiro was a distinguished, Read More
03-22-2024 New Books in March 2024 Corky Lee’s Asian America From the publisher: “Corky Lee’s Asian America is a collection of over 200 breathtaking photos celebrating the history and cultural impact of the Read More
03-22-2024 2024 AAAS Award Winners We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 AAAS Awards. We look forward to celebrating you all in Seattle! Lifetime AchievementDr. Huping Ling, Read More
02-15-2024 2024 Book Award Winners We are pleased to announce that the AAAS Book Awards Committee and its panel of jurors has officially completed adjudicating the nominations for the 2024 Read More
08-04-2023 On the Smithsonian’s Cancellation of the Asian American Literary Festival The Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) is deeply disappointed with the Smithsonian Institution’s sudden cancellation of the 2023 Asian American Literary Festival (AALF) Read More
07-07-2023 Journal of Asian American Studies Letter on Professor Naoko Shibusawa’s Article Originally sent in December of 2022 Brown University: We write as Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian American Studies (JAAS). One of the authors in Read More
