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Job: Part-time visiting lecturer in Asian American Studies at Pomona College, Fall 2013

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The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at the Claremont Colleges invites applications for part-time, visiting lecturer positions to teach one course in Asian American Studies during the Fall 2013 semester. In addition to our “Contemporary Issues in Asian America,” we welcome applicants who can offer a social science oriented course or a special topics course which complements our curriculum, especially courses on Pacific Islander, Southeast Asian, mixed race, or mixed ethnicity Asian Americans.  Applicants should have a Ph.D. or be ABD, and have some teaching experience.

The Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps) are liberal arts colleges located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. We value diversity, and actively encourage applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups.

Please submit in PDF form a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, proposed course syllabus, course evaluations, and three references via email to Prof. Hung Cam Thai at hung.thai@pomona.edu.

Job: Part-time, Visiting Lecturer in Asian American Studies (Fall 2013)

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The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at the Claremont Colleges invites applications for part-time, visiting lecturer positions to teach one course in Asian American Studies during the Fall 2013 semester. We welcome applicants who can offer a social-science oriented course on “South Asian Communities”  or a special topics course which complements our curriculum, especially courses on Pacific Islander, Southeast Asian, mixed race, or mixed ethnicity Asian Americans. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or be ABD, and have some teaching experience.

The Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps) are liberal arts colleges located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. We value diversity, and actively encourage applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups.

Please submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, proposed course syllabus, course evaluations, and three references via email to madeline.gosiaco@pomona.edu, followed by a hard copy of your application materials to:

Madeline Gosiaco
Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies
Claremont Colleges
Lincoln Building 1118
647 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711

Review of applications will begin March 1, 2013. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Ming-Yuen S. Ma (2012): Published book

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Resolutions 3: Global Networks of Video.
Ming-Yuen S. Ma and Erika Suderburg, eds.
University of Minnesota Press.

“Resolutions 3 explores the wide-ranging implications of video art and video-based production in contemporary media culture. Intending to broaden, contest, and amplify the mediated space defined by its two predecessors—Resolution and Resolutions—the contributors to this volume investigate the ever-changing state of video’s deployment as examiner, tool, journal reportage, improvisation, witness, riff, leverage, and document.”

Spring 2013 ~ Activist/Artist in Residence: Denise Uyehara

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2/13 – 3/9, 2013
Denise Uyehara: Memory and the Occupied Body
IDAAS Activist/Artist in Residence, Spring 2013

  • Opening Performative Talk: Shedding Light on Memory & the Occupied Body.
    February 13th, 2013
    7:00 p.m., Benson Auditorium, Pitzer
  • Community Workshops (limited space available!): To apply to participate, please fill out online form. Must attend all three sessions plus the closing show.
    Three consecutive Saturdays – Feb. 16, Feb. 23, and Mar. 2
    1:00-5:00 p.m.
  • In-Class Workshops (ASAM187): Arts and Activism (SC) with Erin O’Brien as facilitator with students; four consecutive in-class workshops.
    Feb. 14, 21, 28 and March 7: co-facilitated with Denise Uyehara, 2 hours and 50 minutes each.
  • Closing/Showing: Culmination of the interdisciplinary performances developed by the participants in the community workshops and ASAM 187 class.
    Saturday, March 9, daytime (time TBA) in Kallick Family Gallery at Pitzer College.

Get the details here.

Thank you to our co-sponsors: Pitzer College Campus Life Committee, Pacific Basin Institute, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona College Public Events Fund, Intercollegiate Women’s Studies, Intercollegiate Media Studies, Scripps Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE), Scripps Asian American Student Union (AASU), Queer Resource Center and more.

11/27/2012 ~ Yen Le Espiritu: Home Bound: Studying Filipino American Lives

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Dr. Yen Le Espiritu is one of the foremost scholars in the field of Asian American Studies and is the author of such foundational works as Asian American Pan-Ethnicity: Bridging Institutions and Identities and Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love. For this talk, Dr. Espiritu will be discussing her experiences researching Filipino American communities in Southern California.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Rescheduled to Tuesday, November 27, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Broad Hall 214, Pitzer College

11/14/2012 ~ Faculty Brown Bag with CGU Professor Susan Paik

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“Asian American Diversity and Education: Historical Perspectives on Current Issues”

As the fastest-growing immigrant population in the U.S., Asian Americans are diverse in culture, tradition, language, and history. This presentation provides a survey of the historical context of immigration of all major Asian American groups, and links these experiences to their current educational outcomes. Based on an adapted model of incorporation, the findings illustrate the diversity that exists across major Asian American groups in terms of immigration, acculturation, and educational attainment. Co-ethnic communities, government policies, and societal reception are also important factors that impact their upward mobility. While many Asian Americans in general perform well in schools, some groups continue to struggle academically. Key stakeholders can collaborate and build partnerships to support positive opportunity structures.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
12:00 p.m.
IDAAS Seminar Room, Lincoln 1121, Pomona

Read Prof. Paik’s bio here.

11/12/2012 ~ Spring 2013 Course Info Session

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Monday, November 12, 2012
4:15-5:30 p.m.
IDAAS Seminar Room, Lincoln 1121, Pomona College

We are offering new courses in spring 2013: ASAM 75 Asian American and Queer Zines, ASAM 128 Tattoos, Piercing and Body Adornment, and ASAM 189HIST Globalization and Oceania: Hawai’i and Tonga. Come by and learn about these and other IDAAS courses. Enjoy some snacks and chat with the professors.

Welcome Linda Lam, IDAAS’ new Community Engagement Coordinator

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Linda Lam joins IDAAS as the new Community Engagement Coordinator. As the clinic coordinator at the John Marshall High School Health Center, Linda has experience with small grant writing, administering grants, and coordinating youth activity programs. She has experience creating and implementing popular education workshops on media literacy with Communities for Better Environment and Public Allies Los Angeles fellow. In addition to participating in the Los Angeles Summer Activist Training, Linda graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with degrees in Asian American Studies and Psychology.

Stop by IDAAS to say Hi. Her office is located at Lincoln 1119, Pomona. Her office hours are Mondays & Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.