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Intellectual Maturity - 2015-2020

Introduction

This chapter highlights IUB’s AAST transition from program building to one of growth. During this period, AAST expands its programming, courses, and research into new areas of inquiry, creative expression, and interdisciplinary exploration. Program directors add new courses that focus on campus outreach (“Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities and Social Change,” Spring 2019) and examining Asian American Studies through different lenses including Asian American Sexualities (Spring 2019). AAST grows its campus outreach by establishing annual traditions such as the AAST Film Series MOVEMENT: ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICA (2012), the Asian American Studies Research Symposium (2012), and scholarly talks from prominent Asian American and Pacific Islander scholars, artists, writers, and activists. Centering on intersectionality, AAST amplifies its programming collaborations with several campus partners including Latino Studies and Native American/Indigenous Studies under the Race, Migration, and Indigeneity (RMI), an ethnic studies-type program officially established in March 2020. Today, IUB’s AAST program maintains its vision through research, teaching, and programming to generate novel possibilities for the globalizing world of the 21^st century.

Fall 2011—IUB’s AAST Courses

Since the very first AAST course on campus in spring 1989, IUB’s AAST courses draw students from majors across the college and campus and from varied personal backgrounds, including international students. This mix makes for rich classroom discussions that remain a strength of AAST’s course offerings. See the archive of IUB's AAST courses. (1)

Spring 2012—IUB AAST Hosts First Asian American Studies Research Symposium

The program hosts the inaugural Asian American Studies Research Symposium in Spring 2012. The symposium typically invites an external guest to present a keynote address and features panels of graduate and faculty members who share cutting-edge research. Dr. Martin F. Manalansan IV (Anthropology and Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is the featured keynote speaker for the 2012 symposium. After a four-year hiatus, AAST revives the symposium in 2017 and involves its Graduate Student Advisory Board. Graduate student advisors pick the annual theme and presenters. Since its 2017 reboot, the AAST Research Symposium has become an annual tradition featuring keynote speakers Samuel D. Museus (IUB School of Education, Higher Education Studies, 2017), Jan M. Padios (University of Maryland College Park, American Studies, 2018), Janelle Wong (University of Maryland College Park, American Studies, 2019), and Mimi Nguyen (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Gender Studies, 2020).(2)

**Spring 2017—Dr. Sam Museus Keynotes Revival of Research Symposium** After a four-year hiatus, AAST revives its AAST research symposium in April 2017 with the theme, “Expanding Visions: Asian American Studies Research at Indiana University.” Faculty affiliate Dr. Samuel D. Museus (IUB School of Education, Higher Education Studies) recounts his scholar-activist journey with his keynote speech, “Advancing Scholar Activism in Asian American Studies.” Students Giselle Cunanan (PhD student, American Studies), Jacqueline Mac (Ph.D. student, Higher Education), Stephanie Nguyen (PhD student, Higher Education), and Grace Boya Shen (BA student, History/American Studies) present their current research projects.

**Spring 2018—Dr. Janelle Wong Celebrates Third Annual Asian American Studies Research Symposium** For the program’s third annual Research Symposium, the AAST Graduate Advisory Board commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the 1968-69 student strikes with the theme, “The Third World Liberation Front Movement at 50: Scholar Activism in the 21st Century.” The Board invites Assistant Professor Jan M. Padios (University of Maryland, College Park American Studies) for the symposium. Dr. Padios’s talk, “Lists, Lines, and Fronts: Scholar Activism and the Shaping of Asian American Studies,” focuses on her research of global labor and politics. As part of her launch tour, Dr. Padios shares excerpts from her 2018 book, A Nation on the Line: Call Centers as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines.

**Spring 2019—Dr. Janelle Wong Keynotes Fourth Annual AAST Research Symposium** AAST’s Graduate Advisory selects the theme, “Navigating through Intersections: Organizing and Advancing Asian American Issues and Identity” for its third annual Asian American Studies Research Symposium. The Board invites University of Maryland Professor Janelle Wong, American Studies and Asian American Studies, whose keynote tackled the rise of organized opposition to affirmative action particularly by recent, relatively affluent Chinese Americans. Stephanie Kung (PhD student, English) moderated the research panel that included Dr. Dina Okamoto (Professor, Sociology and Director, Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society), Ben Harman (PhD student, Sociology), Monica Heilman (PhD student, Sociology).

**Spring 2020—Fifth Annual Research Symposium Features Dr. Mimi Nguyen** The AAST Research Symposium convenes under the theme, “Resistance and Resilience: Envisioning Radical Futures in Challenging Times,” reflecting on Asian American struggles for racial justice and equality then and now. The Graduate Advisory Board features Associate Professor Mimi Nguyen (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Gender and Women's Studies and Asian American Studies). She focuses her talk on her current book project The Promise of Beauty about the conditions beauty requires to flourish, with and against the threat of its disappearance or destruction; and about the transformation of those conditions to sustain such life that the beautiful promises to us. This year’s research panel includes: Mihee Kim Kort (PhD student, Religious Studies), Stephanie Nguyen (PhD student, Higher Education Studies), and Natasha Saelua (PhD student, Higher Education Studies), and Dr. Christine Peralta (CRRES Postdoctoral Fellow /Visiting Asst Professor in History).

Spring 2012—AAST Jointly Curates IUB’s First Annual Asian/Pacific American Film Series with Asian Culture Center and IU Cinema

To celebrate IU’s observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AAST jointly curates the first annual MOVEMENT: ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICA film series April 1-15, 2012. In collaboration with the Asian Culture Center and IU Cinema’s Creative Collaborations program, AAST brings in director Tadashi Nakamura, who discusses his documentary trilogy YELLOW BROTHERHOOD(2003), PILGRIMAGE (2003), and Song for Ourselves (2009)—three films about the Asian American Movement.(3) Since its inception, the film series has become an annual spring tradition at IUB, featuring noteworthy filmmakers including Patrick Wang (2014), Ougie Pak (2015), Tony Nguyen (2016), Andrew Ahn (2017), Caylee So (2019), and Isabel Sandoval (Fall 2020).(4)

**Spring 2015—Director Ougie Pak Celebrates Third Annual Film Series** AAST celebrates its third annual film co-curated series MOVEMENT: ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICA with Emerging Asian Pacific American Voices: An Evening with Director Ougie Pak. IU Cinema, ACC, and AAST showcase Pak’s short films PANOPTICON (2012) and THE 100% PERFECT GIRL (2006). Pak discusses his storytelling perspective inspired by his parents’ immigrant background. Pak previews a screening of his 2015 film THE BOARDWALK. MOVEMENT also features action and drama film REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (2014), directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo.

**Spring 2016—Fourth Annual MOVEMENT Hosts Local Director** IU Cinema, ACC, and AAST host director Tony Nguyen, born and raised in Seymour, Indiana, for its fourth annual film series MOVEMENT: ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICA. Nguyen screens his documentary GIAP’S LAST DAY AT THE IRONING BOARD FACTORY (2015), chronically his mother’s journey from Vietnam to 35 years of working on an assembly line in Seymour. The series line up also includes Directors Samantha Futerman and Ryan Miyamoto’s 2015 documentary TWINSTERS.

**Spring 2017**— **Director Andrew Ahn Visits for Fifth Annual MOVEMENT Film Series** The fifth annual MOVEMENT: ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICA film series brings director Andrew Ahn to campus. IU Cinema screens a retrospective of Ahn’s work to date, anchored by his dramatic film SPA NIGHT (2016), which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and won the 2017 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award from Film Independent. MOVEMENT also features the 2015 documentary PAINTED NAILS, directed by Dianne Griffin.

**Spring 2018—AAST Marks its Sixth Annual Film Series with Three Feature Films** In April 2018, IUB AAST collaborates with the Asian Culture Center, IU Cinema to jointly curate the sixth annual film series Movement: Asian/Pacific American. The selection included Director Tadashi Nakamura’s documentary MELE MURALS (2016) about a new generation’s take on ancient Hawaiian culture with modern graffiti art; director Ramona S. Diaz’s documentary MOTHERLAND (2017); and director Justin Chon’s GOOK (2017). AAST joint lists with the India Remixed series featuring several films by globally renowned filmmaker Mira Nair.

**Spring 2019—Director Caylee So Visits for Seventh Annual MOVEMENT** AAST caps off the 2018-2019 academic year with its Seventh Annual Film Series MOVEMENT: ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICA with a visit from Cambodian American filmmaker Caylee So, who screens her short film RUPTURE (2012) and her drama, co-directed with Visal Sok, IN THE LIFE OF MUSIC (2018). AAST also screens two additional films including Director Alex Chu’s drama FOR IZZY (2018) and Director Steve Loveridge’s documentary MATANGI / MAYA/ M.I.A about international singer M.I.A.

Spring 2014—AAST Hosts Asian American Digital Activist Suey Park

AAST and the Asian Culture Center co-host a campus visit by writer and activist Suey Park, best known for starting the popular Twitter hashtag #NotYourAsianSidekick to bring Asian American feminism to the forefront of online conversations about Asian American identity. In her talk “#NotYourAsianSidekick: Activism in the Digital Era” Park discusses how she uses social media as tool for marginalized communities to fight against weaponized identity politics, settler colonialism, and anti-Blackness. Park unapologetically advocates for women of color through an intersectional approach to activism and technology.

Fall 2014—AAST Begins Co-Sponsorship with the College of Arts and Sciences Themester

AAST begins its regular collaborations with Themester, an initiative of the College of Arts and Sciences’ bundling courses and special events around a chosen theme each fall semester. Under the fall 2014 theme “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science” AAST co-sponsors a campus visit by Louisville-based chef Edward Lee, whose Korean-Southern fusion earned him spots on renowned cooking competitions such as Iron Chef America and Top Chef. Chef Lee discusses his new vision of Asian American cuisine through his cookbook Smoke & Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen (Artisan, 2013). AAST’s continued co-sponsorships with Themester helps the program gain exposure and funding for programming focused on Asian American topics.

Spring 2015—Poet Lisa Kwong Joins AAST as Teaching Staff Lecturer

Poet Lisa Kwong (MFA ’14) joins AAST as a lecturer in Spring 2015 and becomes a cornerstone of IUB’s AAST program. Her course portfolio includes A101 “Introduction to Asian American Studies,” A200 “Asian American Literature and Media,” A201 “Asian Diaspora Experience,” and X490 “Independent Readings and Research.” Each year, she innovates course content with topics such as representation in TV and films, refugees, undocumented experiences, Asian Canadian diaspora, and adoption. She regularly invites Asian American writers (Stephanie Han, Jean Kwok, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Bich Minh Nguyen, Paisley Rekdal) to Skype with her students in class.

In addition to her AAST teaching, Professor Kwong regularly speaks and publishes about Asian American Studies-related issues, including poetry, in multiple venues regionally and nationally.

Poet Lisa Kwong joins AAST. Tonia Lucas of Serendipity Photography, Bloomington, IN.

She actively contributes to the campus and Bloomington community. She serves as workshop leader in the first ever Indiana Asian American Conference at IUB (2015); co-organizer for “AAPI Experiences in Higher Education: A Forum on Policies and the Model Minority Myth” with the Asian Culture Center and the Graduate Mentoring Center (2015); guest lecturer for the SlutWalk and the IU Art Museum (2016); panelist on IUB’s Deep Dialogue Poetry Project (2017); curator for the “Speaking from the Middle” Asian American literary reading for the Asian Culture Center’s 20^thAnniversary (2018); and keynote speaker for the Vietnamese Interacting as One Midwest conference (2019).

IUB’s Latino Studies and AAST invites 2014 MacArthur Genius winner, Ai Jen Poo, to a research symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Immigration Act. The College of Arts and Sciences Office of Communications and Marketing, Fall 2015.

Fall 2015—Dr. Jennifer Lee Steps in as Interim Director

Jennifer Lee (Sociology) serves as AAST interim director from fall 2015 to spring 2016. As interim director, Dr. Lee expands graduate student involvement by hiring a program graduate assistant, Mai Thai (PhD student, Sociology), to ramp up outreach efforts to engage graduate students to volunteer, present, or host AAST events during the academic year.

Dr. Lee partners with Latino Studies to host “Politics, Promises, Possibilities: The 1965 Immigration Act at 50,” a College of Arts and Sciences’ Themester Symposium that commemorates the 50^th Anniversary of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. The symposium features keynote speaker Ai Jen Poo (labor activist and 2014 MacArthur Genius) and scholars Sylvia Martinez (Latino Studies and Educational Leadership and Policy), Pawan Dhingra (Tufts University, Sociology), Myrna Garcia (Indiana University, American Studies and Latino Studies), Shelley Lee (Oberlin College, Comparative American Studies and History), Ishan Ashutosh (Indiana University, Geography), Leisy Abrego (UCLA, Chicana/o Studies), Ami Ghandi (Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Senior Counsel), Nadine Suleiman Naber (University of Illinois Chicago, Gender and Women’s Studies and Global Asian Studies), and Urayoán Noel (SUNY Albany, English).(5)

Spring 2016—RMI: AAST Begins Consolidation Negotiations with College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Jennifer Lee, interim AAST director, represents AAST in talks with the College of Arts and Sciences to consolidate three of IUB’s ethnic studies programs—AAST, Latino Studies, and Native and Indigenous Studies—into an Ethnic Studies-type program. The College proposes the merger to streamline limited university resources and increase course enrollments. With support from IUB Provost Lauren Robel, the College promises increased discretionary funding and six cluster faculty hires (four tenure-track and 2 tenured positions) for the Ethnic Studies program. Dr. Lee and the other program directors initially hesitate to go along with the merger for fear of losing individual program autonomy with course offerings, minors, and funding.(6) Yet they ultimately agree to the proposal and rename the new initiative the Program in Race, Migration, and Indigeneity (RMI) to reflect interdisciplinary, intersectional approaches to Ethnic Studies.(7)

With support from IUB Provost Lauren Robel, the College promises increased discretionary funding and six cluster faculty hires ... for the Ethnic Studies program.

Fall 2016—Dr. Ellen Wu Progresses AAST towards Intersectionality and Campus Outreach as Third Director

Associate Professor Ellen Wu (History) becomes AAST’s third and current director. Under her directorship, Professor Wu progresses AAST courses and programming towards campus outreach and intersectional analysis. Dr. Wu enhances AAST’s campus outreach by inviting renowned scholars to talk about various facets of Asian American Studies: Dr. Anna Lau (UCLA, Psychology, fall 2016), “Levers for Change: Strategies for Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Asian American Youth”; Dr. Arissa Oh (Boston College, History, fall 2016), “The Cold War Origins of International Adoption”; Dr. Cathy Schlund-Vials (UConn, English and Asian/Asian American Studies, spring 2017), “Prosthetic Ecologies: (Re)Membering Disability, Curating Culpability, and ‘The Dirty War’ in Laos”; Dr. Pawan Dhingra (Tufts University, Sociology, spring 2017) “Hyper-Education: Race, Morality, and the Meaning of Success.”(8) AAST’s events such as “Why Ferguson Matters to Asian Americans” panel discussion (Spring 2015) and “Japanese Reparations at IU” (Spring 2020) makes AAST research and teaching publicly accessible while invoking Asian Americans’ roles in invoking change on campus and in the wider community.

The Politics, Promises, and Possibilities Symposium.

This public-facing approach pushes AAST’s mission towards intersectionality and increased collaborations with its campus partners. Under the new Race, Migration, and Indigeneity (RMI) program, AAST collaborates with Latino Studies and Native American/Indigenous Studies to host two major symposiums: the Fall 2017 Themester symposium “Immigrant and Indigenous Intersections” featuring Dr. Maile Arvin (University of Utah, History and Gender Studies); and the Spring 2019 “Transnational Asias in Indiana” panel discussion. Dr. Wu’s programming decisions progresses AAST towards its critical mission of interdisciplinary problem solving towards big issues of inequity and injustice.(9)

Rising Up: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Communities in Post-9/11 America. Event poster for AAST’s spring 2017 scholar talk featuring lawyer, activist, and author Deepa Iyer. Asian American Studies Program, Spring 2017.

Spring 2017— Activist Deepa Iyer Visits IUB on National Book Tour

AAST welcomes writer, activist, and attorney Deepa Iyer, who speaks about the impact of 9/11 terrorist attacks on South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh American communities. “The domestic war on terror ends up sending one message: this is not your country,” she says in a WIUX article. She read excerpts from her 2015 book, We Too Sing America:South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future, chronicling the experiences of religious and ethnic groups in the United States.

Fall 2017—AAST Expands Graduate Student Community through Graduate Advisory Board

Thanks to Jordan Lynton (PhD student, Anthropology) and Shelley Rao’s (PhD student, Sociology) leadership, AAST launches the Asian American Studies Graduate Advisory Board, an interdisciplinary network connecting graduate students from across campus. The new Board is crucial to the program’s efforts to build a graduate student community around AAST research and professional development. The Board hosts AAST’s annual Research Symposium, invites Asian American Studies scholars to speak, coordinates faculty-student meet and greets. Members organize the Asian American/Asian Diaspora Writing Group (Jordan Lynton, PhD student, Anthropology) and the AAST Graduate Student Book Club (Stephanie Kung, PhD student, English and Mihee Kim-Kort, PhD student, Religious Studies) and volunteer for various AAST and Asian Culture Center programs.(10)

AAST's 2018 Annual Film Series Features: "Mele Murals," "Motherland," and "Gook."

Fall 2018—Dr. Cynthia Wu Begins as the First Director for IUB’s New Program in Race, Migration, and Indigeneity

Dr. Cynthia Wu comes to IUB from State University of New York in Buffalo as one of the promised six hires for the Program on Race, Migration, and Indigeneity (RMI). RMI is a College of Arts and Sciences initiative to update Ethnic Studies for the 21^st century. The College Policy Committee officially approves the RMI program in March 2018, and Dr. Cynthia Wu takes the helm as program director.(11) Prior to her arrival, Dr. Sylvia Martinez (Latino Studies and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) served as RMI’s acting director from 2017-2018.

The Asian American Graduate Advisory Board hosts a meet and greet in fall 2018 to welcome Dr. Cynthia Wu, AAST’s newest faculty hire. Sydney-Paige Patterson, Fall 2018.

For the Asian Culture Center’s 20th Anniversary Symposium, AAST hosts a talk with Dr. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia (Class of 1996) on her immigration law and policy work. Sydney-Paige Patterson, Fall 2018.

Fall 2018—AAST Co-Hosts Asian Culture Center’s 20th Anniversary

AAST celebrates the IUB Asian Culture Center’s 20^th Anniversary in October 2018 by co-sponsoring an alumnus talk by Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia (IUB Class of 1996), Pennsylvania State University School of Law. Professor Wadhia discusses her work as Director of Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic in relation to the current state of U.S. immigration law and policies.(12)

Spring 2019—AAST Co-Sponsors “Transnational Asias In Indiana” Panel

AAST foregrounds intersectional analysis by co-sponsoring the Race, Migration, and Indigeneity (RMI) panel “Transnational Asias in Indiana.” The event features speakers engaged in research and creative activity on the experiences of local Asian/Americans. Dr. Himanee Gupta-Carlson (SUNY Empire State College, Historical Studies) shares excerpts from her new book Muncie, India(na): Middletown and Asian America (Illinois, 2018). Asri Saraswati (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, PhD candidate, American Studies) narrates the story of Budi Darma, an Indonesian scholar who wrote about his time studying in Bloomington in the 1970s. IUB alumni Jenny Huang and Steven Johnson (Class of 2017) return to campus to share from their multimedia project MIDDLE COUNTRY: Stories of Chinese American Hoosiers.(13)

In Spring 2019, AAST co-sponsors a Race, Migration, and Indigeneity panel on Asian American populations in Indiana. Race, Migration, and Indigeneity Program, Spring 2019.

Fall 2019—Dr. Meredith Oda Visits for the College’s fall 2019 Themester

AAST co-sponsors a visit by Dr. Meredith Oda (University of Nevada, History) for the College of Arts and Sciences’ fall 2019 Themester “Remembering and Forgetting.” Dr. Oda discusses how American businessmen and politicians commemorated U.S.-Japan relations and trans-pacific commerce by constructing a new business center—while demolishing black and Japanese residential homes—situated in the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown. Her talk, “Commemoration and Forgetting in the Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese and African Americans in San Francisco’s Foreign Relations and Neighborhoods” strikes at critical issue in the history of race: corporate expansion at the expense of reducing affordable housing for black and Asian neighborhood residents. Dr. Oda reads excerpts from her new book Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of Transpacific San Francisco (University Chicago Press, 2018), a deep dive into the city’s transpacific history after the World War II.

February 19, 2020—AAST Ramps Up Campus Outreach with IU Japanese American Student Reparations

Thanks to his his research as a Bicentennial Intern, IU alumnus Eric Langowski (BS’18) writes a petition to formally apologize for IU’s World War II-era ban on admitting Japanese American students. He and AAST’s director, Professor Ellen Wu, delivers the petition, co-signed by 500 individuals, to the IU Board of Trustees, Provost Lauren Robel, and President Michael McRobbie on the Day of Remembrance 2020. The date commemorates February 19, 1942 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed and issued Executive Order 9066 that forcibly removed Japanese Americans from the west coast during World War II. Since the passing of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act, Langowski’s petition is part of the ongoing national movement to rectify civil liberties violations against Japanese Americans during World War II (16). On July 22, 2020, IU President Michael McRobbie IU President Michael McRobbie formally apologizes and pledges three action items that acknowledge and correct the university’s mistake.

May 2020—AAST Addresses Anti-Asian Racism Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

AAST responds to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a Community Conversation Hour and Physical Distancing Creativity Showcase. In partnership with the College Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the virtual event features multimedia artwork by students and faculty members reflecting the theme “Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, + COVID-19.” The seven featured artists include: Kevin Phan (video), Tiffany Xie (poetry), Karen Cheng (video blog), Bianca Desai (graphic), Monica Heilman (blog), Mihee Kim-Kort (tweet thread), and AAST Instructor Lisa Kwong (poetry). Professor Jennifer Lee (Sociology) moderates the showcase and Professor Ellen Wu (History) briefly recounts the history of “yellow peril” to contextualize the spike in anti-Asian racism during COVID-19 pandemic.

Work by IU student Bianca Desai: "After reading about how attacks on Asian Americans reached a staggering 100 per day during this coronavirus pandemic, I wanted to create something that would shed light on the matter. My piece highlighted the fact that a virus cannot discriminate, only people can." Desai, Bianca. Spring 2020.

June 2020—IUB AAST Celebrates University’s Bicentennial with Timeline Project

To celebrate the 200^th anniversary of the Indiana University’s founding in 1820, our team applies for a grant through the Office of the Bicentennial to document the creation of IUB’s AAST program. With this funding, we spend a year researching, designing, and curating this digital exhibit. Our goal is to explain how students, faculty, staff, and alumni advocated and established an Asian American Studies program at IUB. Addressing the goals of IU’s Bicentennial, this digital timeline project hopes to revise the university’s historical narrative by celebrating the unrecognized stories of the Asian American community at IU.

We especially want to recognize and thank all of the graduate assistants, instructors, and staff who are indispensable in teaching, supporting, and growing the program before and after its creation in September 2008.(15) Without our past and present supporters, this project—nor this program—would have not been possible. We hope that our story inspires future generations of students to engage in the study and advocacy of Asian Americans here at IU and beyond. For more on how our team designed and curated this digital timeline project, see Curator’s Notes.

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