Fall 2011
Dr. Paul Ong
CUNY Graduate Center
Ph.D. Program in Sociology
Course: Asian American Studies Scholarship: Alternative Approaches
Course Syllabus:
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Note:
Undergraduate and graduate students from other CUNY campuses and non-CUNY
colleges/universities may enroll in this course pending approval from their
home college via e-permit.
One
of the major challenges facing Asian American Studies (and ethnic
studies in general) is defining a set of reasonable and acceptable
scholarly and creative activities. Three salient factors have shaped AAS:
an activist historical root, expansive coverage in terms of diverse
populations and multiple issues, and the inclusion of scholars and
creative agents from disperate disciplines and traditions. Given this
framework, it is critical for those pursuing AAS to have an exposure to
and appreciation for alternative paradigms and epistemologies. The
course will cover three major social science disciplines (sociology,
economics and political science) focusing on both academic and applied
research and publications. Although the course utilizes examples from
Asian American Studies, many of the lessons are applicable to other
fields.
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
2012
Russell C. Leong
Hunter College/CUNY
Department of English / Asian American Studies Program
Course: Asian and American Literatures:
Writing New York & LA
Course Syllabus:
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New
York--"the Big Apple" and L.A. --"the Big Orange"--have spawned
writers-and their novels, essays, creative non-fiction and other
literary genres since the settlement of the two areas. From Korean
immigrant Younghill Kang's East Goes West--to Indian American writer
Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake--and Frank Chin's Bulletproof
Buddhists--these regions have provided rich material for the literary
imaginary of the ethnic American writer. This course will contrast and
compare approaches to modern 20th and 2lst writing about NY and LA--from
primarily an Asian American perspective—and the larger metropolitan and
suburban areas for which they are the locus. While the emphasis is on
writers of Asian descent, selected Latino and African writers who write
about about these locales will be utilized as points of comparison,
style, and voice, since both cities are truly multiracial and
multicultural. A number of historical literary works e.g. Younghill
Kang, Louis Chu, will also be included as point of comparison.
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
