The courses for Spring 2017 have been posted.
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Fall 2016 Course Info Session
The IDAAS Fall 2016 Course Info Session is on Wednesday, April 6 from 12:00-1:00pm. Check out our courses for Fall 2016.
Spring 2016 Course Info Session
The IDAAS Spring 2016 Course Info Session is on Wednesday, November 11 from 4:30-5:30 pm in the IDAAS seminar room. Come by to check out our course offerings for next semester. Here is the list of our Spring 2016 courses.
Professor Hung Cam Thai (2015): Book Award
Professor Hung Cam Thai’s book, Insufficient Funds, is recipient of the American Sociological Association’s award for the best book on Asia in 2015.
Complete article: http://www.pomona.edu/news/2015/09/02-prof-hung-thai-explores-love-money-and-remittances
News on Promotions and Tenure
Congratulations to the following members of our core faculty on their promotions, effective July 2015:
- Professor Wei-Chin Hwang (CMC) has been promoted to full professor.
- Professor Warren Liu (Scripps) has been promoted to associate professor with tenure.
- Professor Tamara Venit-Shelton (CMC) has been promoted to associate professor with tenure.
Press releases to follow.
Professor Thai Named to “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire” List
Congratulations to Professor Hung Cam Thai who was named to the “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire” list.
“Thai is known for “guiding” his students, rather than lecturing them. One student at the college in Claremont, California, says it would be difficult to find another professor as dedicated to mentorship or more passionate about sociology than Thai. Another student describes working with Thai in Vietnam to document the lives of Western expatriates: “The opportunity to experience all parts of the creation of sociological knowledge — from target group selection to data acquisition to data analysis — sparked the interest that has led me to pursue sociology in my graduate studies.” – See the complete list.
Professors Miyake and Kassam: 2015 Wig Distinguished Professor Awards for Excellence in Teaching
Pomona College Professors Lynne Miyake (IDAAS core faculty) and Zayn Kassam (IDAAS affiliated faculty) have received the 2015 Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is the highest honor bestowed on Pomona faculty, recognizing exceptional teaching, concern for students and service to the College and community.
The recipients are elected by the junior and senior classes and then confirmed by a committee of trustees, faculty and students.
Lynne Miyake, professor of Japanese, teaches elementary, intermediate and advanced Japanese; Graphically Speaking: Japanese Manga and its Buds; Japanese/Japanese American Women Writers; and Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography.
Student comment: “Encyclopedic knowledge of her favorite subjects (e.g. manga and anime), willingness to approach it from a variety of angles and take student feedback into account on that front. Miyake sensei constantly brings an incredible energy to all of the classes she teaches. I appreciate how she constantly pushes you to do better and continue learning despite the Japanese language’s difficulty curve.”
Zayn Kassam, the John Knox McLean Professor of Religious Studies, teaches Engendering and Experience: Women in Islamic Traditions; Islamic Thought; Sufism; The Divine Body: Religion and the Environment; and The Religion of Islam. This is her third Wig Award, previously received in 1998 and 2005.
Student comment: “Prof. Kassam is eloquent, caring, and brilliant. She can turn a small moment into a resonating statement about tolerance. By teaching us how to investigate Islam by learning its history and spiritual legacy, she flipped the culturally deterministic script that dominates popular discussion of the religion in a highly necessary way.”
WEB LINK: http://www.pomona.edu/news/2015/05/18-wig-awards-2015.aspx.
Congratulations Professor Miyake and Professor Kassam!
Spring 2015 Courses
The Spring 2015 courses have been posted. Download a copy here.
If you would like to get more information about the courses we are offering this spring 2015, please attend our Spring 2015 Course Info Session on Wednesday, November 5th at 4:30pm in Lincoln 1121, Pomona College. Some faculty will be there to answer questions you may have about their courses.
Kathleen S. Yep: Full Professor
Congratulations to Professor Kathleen S. Yep (Asian American Studies at Pitzer) for her promotion to full professor effective July 2014. Read the press release.
Fall 2014 Courses
The Fall 2014 courses have been posted. Download a copy here.
If you would like to get more information about the courses we are offering in the fall 2014, please attend our Fall 2014 Course Info Session on Tuesday, April 15th at 4:15pm in Lincoln 1121, Pomona College. Some faculty will be there to answer questions you may have about their future courses.