UMass Boston’s Asian American Studies Program combines culturally responsive classroom instruction with mentoring, community-building, service-learning, and advocacy. Through this holistic approach, our program addresses the social and academic needs of students, as well as the critical capacity-building needs of local Asian American communities in Boston.
Why Major in Asian American Studies at UMass Boston?
Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education and highlighted by the Association of American Colleges & Universities as a national model, our program offers the largest selection of Asian American Studies courses, faculty, and community resources of any university in New England.
This bachelor of arts program follows the admissions timeline and requirements outlined by UMass Boston's Office of Undergraduate Admissions:
Asian American Studies courses are listed in the Course Catalog.
Our alumni include teachers, social workers, health care providers, business entrepreneurs, and leaders of local Asian American community organizations, as well as the first Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees to complete EdM and EdD degrees at Harvard.
Connie S. Chan, Professor Emerita, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, McCormack Graduate School
Elora Halim Chowdhury, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts Director, Human Rights Minor
Patrick Clarkin, Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
Christopher Fung, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
Richard Hung, Associate Professor of Economic Development, School for the Environment
Sari Kawana, Professor of Japanese, College of Liberal Arts
Peter Kiang (江念祖), Professor and Director of Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
Marlene Kim, Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
Fanny Ng, Instructor, Asian American Studies and Psychology
Rajini Srikanth, Dean of the Honors College and Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts
Lakshmi Srinivas, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
Karen Suyemoto, Professor, Psychology Department and Transnational Cultural and Community Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts; Asian American Studies Program, College of Education and Human Development
Shirley S. Tang, Professor of Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
Leslie Wang, Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
Paul Watanabe, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies and Professor of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts
Zong-Guo Xia, Professor of Geography, School for the Environment
Wenfan Yan, Professor, Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies Program
