Hmong Chair: Choua Xiong The field of Hmong American studies has grown significantly during the last decade, with many of us leading certificates and programs dedicated to the field. Members of our section frequently attend AAAS; therefore, the annual AAAS meeting is the ideal place for us to gather to discuss the developments in Hmong American studies scholarship, especially its contributions to Asian American studies and various other disciplines and fields. It's a place to foster and develop mentoring relationships as folks from all levels of (non)academia attend. Contact Section Chair
K-12 Chair: Virginia Loh-Hagan We serve as an intellectual and political space for scholars, K-12 practitioners, and community partners. Our objective is to advocate for and advance inclusive Asian American K-12 curriculum, teacher preparation and support, policy change, and public awareness. Contact Section Chair
Media Studies Section Chair: Melissa Phruksachart - [email protected], Rachel Kuo - [email protected], Lori Lopez - [email protected] The Media Studies Section provides a scholarly community for researchers, practitioners, and educators working at the intersection of Asian American Studies and Media Studies. Our mission is to advance interdisciplinary conversations about the way that media production, circulation, representation, and reception intersect with the diverse experiences of Asian American, Asian diaspora, and Pacific Islander communities. Contact Section Chair
Queer Studies Chair: Aydin Quach ([email protected]), Jeremiah Sataraka ([email protected]) In their 1998 collection Q&A, David L. Eng and Alice Hom articulated the critical rubric of “queer Asian American Studies,” forcibly arguing that we must be “unwilling to bifurcate our identities into the racial and the sexual.” The Queer Studies Section of AAAS will serve to collectively contemplate and organize around the productive intimacies and frictions between queer/Asian/America. We aim to generate structures of support and mentorship for scholars working at the intersection of these fields. Contact Section Chair
Religion Chair: Girum Jung The Religion section supports and develops the field of Religious Studies in Asian American Studies. Contact Section Chair
Social Science Studies Chair: Stephen Cho Suh This section aims to discuss ways social scientists can build bridges with scholars in the Humanities within AAAS, network inside/outside the conference, boost conference attendance and association membership, provide mentorship support, address issues and challenges that may arise among the membership, offer professional development such as workshops, identify intersecting vision/goals across disciplines, and promote interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary scholarship. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/aaas-socsci/home Contact Section Chair
South Asian Chair: Jigna Desai ([email protected]) and Dheepa Sundaram [email protected] This section supports an expanded vision of South Asian American Studies (SAAS) by coalescing a network of interdisciplinary scholars, students, and community partners in the field. Section members question power and privilege, are concerned with intersectional understandings of the field (centering gender, sexuality, region, religion, caste, and class), deepen engagements across the diaspora, and build connections between and across fields such as with Black Studies and Latina/o/x Studies. Contact Section Chair
Southeast Asian Chair: Simi Kang & Porntip Israsena Twishime This section was established with the mission of advancing teaching and research in the field of Southeast Asian American Studies. It provides a forum and active network for encouraging better relationships and communication between and among scholars of Southeast Asian descent. The section sponsors professional and social activities to facilitate increased understanding of the important work made in this area of study. Contact Section Chair
