Fall 2010
Dr. Paul Ong
CUNY Graduate Center
Ph.D. Program in Sociology
Course:
Critical Asian American Issues and Actionable Solutions
Course Syllabus: PDF
Note:
Undergraduate students may enroll in this course pending approval from their
home college via e-permit, and approval from Dr. Ong.
The overall goal of the course is to expose students to alternative and
nontraditional styles of scholarship that is linked to real-world
engagement. This course provides an opportunity to explore major issues
affecting Asian American communities using an applied social science
research approach, as well as the opportunity to contribute to a larger
collective effort to influence the AAARI's research agenda by identifying
gaps in academic literature related to Asian American problems and
solutions.
Dr. Paul Ong
is Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare and Asian American Studies at
the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Luskin
School of Public Affairs. He has done
research on the labor market status of minorities and immigrants, displaced
high-tech workers, work and welfare and transportation access. He is
currently engaged in several projects, including studies on the effects of
neighborhood economies on welfare and work, community economic development
in minority communities, and the labor market for healthcare workers.
Previous research projects have included studies of the impact of defense
cuts on California's once-dominant aerospace industry, the impact of
immigration on the employment status of young African Americans, and the
influence of car ownership and subsidized housing on welfare usage. He was
co-author of a widely reported 1994 study on Asian Pacific Americans, which
challenged the popular stereotype of Asians as the country's "model
minority" by showing they are just as likely as other groups to be
impoverished.
Dr. Ong has served as an advisor to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and to
the California Department of Social Services and the state Department of
Employment Development, as well as the Wellness Foundation and the South
Coast Air Quality Management District.
Please contact the CUNY Graduate Center regarding enrollment
procedures.
URL:
CUNY Graduate Center - Ph.D. Program in Sociology
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Spring
2011
Russell C. Leong
Hunter College/CUNY
Department of English / Asian American Studies Program
Course:
PASSPORT
READINGS: Writing on Departures & Arrivals
Course Syllabus: PDF
This impetus for this new course--designed as a hands-on workshop and
seminar--originated primarily from Amitiva Kumar's book, "Passport Photos"
and "Asian Americans on War and Peace"--the first published before 9/11, and
the second, right after that event. Both works offer perspectives on the
immigrant experience, on racialization and on war, violence, and peace, and
utilize prose, essay, and poetic approaches to articulating what it means to
be living in a post 9/11 era.
"Writing on Departures & Arrivals" also refers to multiple engagements and
approaches around migration, settlement, locality, citizenship or
non-citizenship, gender and generation through the writing we read--
together with the writing / images we create ourselves.
Russell C. Leong is
an award winning prose and poetry writer (the American Book Award), editor
of UCLA's Amerasia Journal, who received his MFA in directing from UCLA's
School of Film and Television. An adjunct professor in the Depts. of English
and Asian American Studies, Prof. Leong is also the editor of
www.uschinamediabrief.com
and Asian American Sexualities (Routledge Books). He was
featured with 50 U.S. poets on the PBS series "The United States of
Poetry."
At UCLA, Prof. Leong has taught poetry, prose, and filmmaking for the
Depts. of English and for Asian American Studies; literature and sexuality
at the University of Kansas (summer institute), and lectured widely in the
U.S. and in China, Japan, Taiwan, etc. His books (Phoenix Eyes and Other
Stories) received the American Book Award; the PEN Josephine Miles Award
(The Country of Dreams and Dust) and listed by the Los Angeles Times as one
of the best 100 books of fiction.
Please contact the Hunter College/CUNY regarding enrollment
procedures.
URL:
Hunter
College/CUNY - Asian American Studies Program
