Cornell鈥檚 Asian American Studies Program (AASP) has launched an oral history project鈥攁nd it鈥檚 seeking alumni who are willing to share their stories. The goal: to explore not just the program鈥檚 genesis in the 1980s, but the on-campus experiences of students of Asian descent from the mid-20th century onward.
Led by history professor Derek Chang and , the project kicked off in summer 2022鈥攊n conjunction with the 35th anniversary of the AASP, the oldest program of its kind in the Ivy League.
An oral history session was held at Reunion that year for the classes of the 1970s and 1980s, and again at Reunion 鈥23.
鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to capture the experiences of Asian and Asian American alumni, and the role they鈥檝e played in the history of the University,鈥 says Christine Bacareza Balance, an associate professor of performing and media arts and the AASP鈥檚 director.
鈥淏ut we鈥檙e also tracking the history of the Asian American Studies Program鈥攑articularly, the things Asian American students were doing on campus prior to its founding.鈥
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