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As a result of the 1968 strike, a College of Ethnic Studies (the only U.S. university academic department of its kind at the time) was established at San Francisco State University with American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Africana Studies, and Latino/a Studies as its four units, and a new Department of Ethnic Studies was ...
Jeffery Paul Chan (August 19, 1942 – January 11, 2022) was an American author and scholar. He was a professor of Asian American studies and English at San Francisco State University for 38 years until his retirement in 2005.
The establishment of the first College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State, the first Ethnic Studies Department at Berkeley, increased hiring of faculty of color, and efforts to increase minority representation on college campuses all resulted from the actions of the Third World Liberation Front. [7] [8]
Three organizations − Chinese for Affirmative Action, the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University, and AAPI Equity Alliance − launched the coalition as a hate ...
Sueyoshi served as dean of SFSU's College of Ethnic Studies, the first college in the nation to house the five departments of Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Latina/o Studies, and Race and Resistance Studies. [4] [5] She was named provost of SFSU in April 2022, the first person of color to serve as provost. [6 ...
Now that some states have made strides in introducing mandates to teach Asian American studies in schools, others could be following suit, experts say. Schools are starting to mandate Asian ...
"The food was delicious!" remembered Chai, now a creative writing professor at San Francisco State University. ... a professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. ...
Laureen Chew (born 1948) is an American academic and actress. She is Professor Emerita of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. [1] [2] She acted in two Wayne Wang films in the 1980s, both of which were shot in San Francisco.