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• LOTUS: An Asian American Student Journal at Hunter College

  This is the first issue of LOTUS, a student-run publication devoted to Asian/Asian American perspectives at Hunter College, which came out in the Spring of 1988. The issue includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, and reflections on the 1988 East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) conference at Cornell University by Hunter students. Topics span mixed-race politics, Asian American experiences of counseling and psychology, beauty standards, the redress/reparations movement for Japanese war crimes, pan-Asian social movements, and the murder of Vincent Chin. The journal is an example of the ways that Asian American students self-organized intellectual, artistic, and political community before an institutionalized program took hold. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Letter from Dr. Shirley Hune to Hunter President Jennifer J. Raab

  This letter was written by Dr. Shirley Hune on April 19, 2017, and addressed to Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab. In the letter, Dr. Hune, who was instrumental to the development of Asian American studies at Hunter during her time as Assistant Provost (1990-1992), condemns Hunter's lack of commitment and investment in Asian American studies following their failure to meet student demands for an Asian American Studies Department and major and the non-reappointment of Jennifer Hayashida, director of the Asian American Studies Program (AASP). The non-reappointment of AASP director Jennifer Hayashida in 2017 alongside other efforts to restructure the AASP sparked deep concern over the future of the program. CRAASH called upon the Asian American/Asian American studies community to write to Hunter administrators in protest of the active dismantling of the AASP in the context of a long history of institutional neglect of a program that has, as Hune writes, made Hunter a leader in ethnic studies. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• "Student Voices Breaking the Silence: The Asian and Pacific American Experience"

  This article was written by Paula Y. Bagasao for the November/December 1989 issue of Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning features the narratives of 10 Asian and Pacific American student voices from across the country, including those of three Hunter students—Woei-Ming New, Kelly Nishimura, and Bevayani Nautiyal. The article was written as a counter piece to the now infamous 1987 Time Magazine cover story on Asian American "whiz kids," for which Bagasao was interviewed. This article aims to portray the heterogeneity and reality of Asian American student experiences. Nishimura describes how her experience in the Asian Pacific Student Alliance at Hunter changed her relationship to it as a commuter school as well as how the largely first-generation, working class, and Third World student body shaped her consciousness. New was a restaurant worker and beneficiary of CUNY's Open Admissions policy and went on to be reportedly the first Asian American student body president in the CUNY system. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• The Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH), 2007-2008

  These are a collection of photographs of members of the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) taken during the club's early years. From top to bottom, CRAASH members are seen tabling and petitioning in Hunter West, having a meeting on the floor of a hallway, and speaking at their Strengthening Education: Empowering Asian American Studies conference. CRAASH did not begin as a chartered club or organization and therefore did not have access to club space and would meet wherever they could—in the library, in the hallways, and in the dorms. In the last photo, from left to right, are pictured: Olivia Lin, Jessica Lee, Christopher Eng, and Jackie Ng Fernandez. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Asian Americans in New York Seminar for K-12 School Teachers

  In July of 2015, Asian American Studies Program (AASP) director Jennifer Hayashida and Chi-hui Yang ran a $104,000 National Endowment for the Humanities-funded summer seminar at Hunter College for K-12 school teachers titled "Asian Americans in New York City: Literature and Film." The goal of the seminar was to provide educators with an intellectual framework for understanding issues of identity, place, and migration through canonical and contemporary Asian American cultural production. The seminar website also serves as an online resource for educators and includes teaching resources as well as the seminar's readings. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions Grant Proposal

  This is the successful proposal for the Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) grant written by Jennifer Hayashida, John Chin, and Paul McPherron. The 5-year $1.7 million Department of Education grant (2016-2021) funds the Hunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP). HCAP supports Asian/American and Pacific Islander (API) students through a multilingual learners program, a mental health program, and a leadership program. The proposal specifically identifies the lack of support for English-language learners (ELL), lack of culturally competent advising and counseling services, and lack of thoughtfully developed leadership opportunities for API students as institutional gaps and weaknesses. It also states that Hunter, as the only CUNY college with a full-fledged Asian American studies program, is "well-positioned to serve as a model for other CUNY campuses, which collectively serve almost 53,000 API students." The AANAPISI program is one of eight federally designated Minority Serving Institution programs established by Congress in 2007 to support minority students. For an institution to qualify for an AANAPISI grant, at least 10% of its students must be Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander and 50% must receive financial assistance. 31% of Hunter students are API, many of whom are first-generation college students, ELLs, and/or from low-income immigrant families. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Where Are We Now in the #Fight4AAS?

  In this Google Hangout, which took place on May 9, 2016, student activists from across the country discuss their respective experiences organizing for Asian American studies on their campuses. The conversation was hosted by 18Million Rising and moderated by Vijay Prashad (Trinity College) and featured Kevin Park and Linda Luu (Hunter College, Coalition to Revitalize Asian American Studies at Hunter), Kevin Luong (Northwestern University, Asian Pacific American Coalition), and Omar Khurshid and Emily Dong (Cornell University, Asian Pacific Americans for Action). The conversation was followed by a Twitter Town Hall where participants tweeted at administration using the hashtag #Fight4AAS. This conversation situated the fight for Asian American studies at Hunter within a national movement for Asian American studies. Vijay Prashad characterized Asian American studies as a subset of ethnic studies, which is a subset of what he considers anti-racist studies. The conversation also highlighted schools at different points in their struggles towards institutionalization—with Northwestern having just achieved an Asian American Studies major in 2016 after a 25-year fight that included a historic hunger strike in 1995, and Hunter and Cornell in the beginning stages of a campaign and a task force, respectively, to establish an Asian American Studies Department and major. 18MillionRising is a platform that uses digital organizing tactics to build and mobilize around Asian American identity. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Student Protest for Asian American Studies Department and Major at Hunter College

  On April 5, 2017, members and allies of the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH), including students from other universities in New York City, gathered outside of Hunter College to protest the Hunter administration's assaults on the Asian American Studies Program (AASP) and to demand the creation of an Asian American Studies Department and major. Not depicted in the video is the fact that the protest was heavily policed by campus security, who tried to prevent the students from gathering and protesting. In 2016, CRAASH launched a campaign demanding an Asian American Studies Department and major. Directly following a presentation from CRAASH on its demands at the Hunter Senate meeting in September of 2017, AASP director Jennifer Hayashida received news of non-reappointment, putting the future of the program into further precarity. This protest was the first in a series of escalations directed at Hunter administration for its active dismantling of and history of neglect of the AASP. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Letter announcing the Formation of the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH)

  In this letter dated October 30, 2007, students announce the formation of the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH). Consisting of eight students, CRAASH organized in immediate response to the inadequate conditions facing the Hunter AASP, including a $0 budget, lack of a permanent department head and full-time faculty, and stagnant course offerings. CRAASH later evolved into a formal student club, though advocating for the AASP has remained part of its central mission. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Petition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter

  This petition was circulated by the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) in the semester of its founding in Fall 2007. The petition outlines the issues facing the program and the reasons around CRAASH's forming: no full-time faculty, no office, lack of diverse course offerings, and the institutional freeze on the AAS minor. CRAASH's demands included: increased funding for the program, the allocation of full-time professors, and the expansion of course offerings. CRAASH petitioned for three months and collected over 1,000 signatures from Hunter students. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Strengthening Education: Empowering Asian American Studies Conference Action Steps

  These notes come out of a participant workshop at the Strengthening Education: Empowering Asian American Studies Conference hosted by the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) on April 16, 2008, to address the need for support for Asian American Studies in higher education. Conference attendees were asked to come up with action steps for administrators to take in order to strengthen the presence and livelihood of Asian American studies at Hunter and universities nationwide. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Strengthening Education: Empowering Asian American Studies Conference

  This video documents the conference, titled "Strengthening Education: Empowering Asian American Studies," that was hosted by the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) on April 16, 2008, to address the need for support for Asian American Studies in higher education. At the conference, Asian American Studies Program inaugural director Peter Kwong credited CRAASH with saving Asian American studies at Hunter from extinction and called for more changes to be made still. He addressed the program's lack of full-time faculty and necessary dependence on adjunct labor, insufficient budget, and the administration's willful failure to understand the intellectual integrity of Asian American studies as a discipline. Other speakers and performers included Alvin Lau, Lily Qi, Anthony Advincula, Kendra Lee, and Sookyung Oh. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• "A Full-on CRAASH at Hunter College"

  This article profiling the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) appeared in the March/April 2008 issue of Pacific Citizen, the national publication of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Founded in 1929, the JACL is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. Amongst CRAASH's strategies for putting pressure on the Hunter College administration to increase institutional support for the Asian American Studies Program included a coordinated media campaign. CRAASH received coverage from multiple media outlets, including school newspapers, Asian American publications, and ethnic newspapers. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Voicing Student Activism: Bridging Theory and Practice

  This poster advertises a panel titled "Voicing Student Activism: Bridging Theory and Practice," which the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter hosted on March 17, 2010, at Hunter College. The panel brought together Hunter student activists speaking about their experiences organizing on campus around issues of race, gender, class, and sexuality to strategize and inspire "a new generation of student leaders who will continue a legacy of student activism on Hunter's campus." The poster's illustration depicts four individuals, two with fists raised, in front of Hunter's sky bridge. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• "Asian Studies Crisis?"

  This article in the Hunter Envoy from April 2008 covers Dean Shirley Scott's response to claims made by the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) about the lack of financial support from the Hunter administration for the Asian American Studies Program (AASP). Scott cited the program's success in order to disprove the claims and further used the AASP's status as an interdisciplinary program, rather than a free-standing department, to justify the administration's lack of investment. CRAASH insisted that the program's success was a result of efforts by AASP students, faculty, and acting director Jennifer Hayashida, and not the Hunter administration, and also refused Scott's use of the program's status as justification for its present condition. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• "Mind if We CRAASH Here?"

  This article in the Hunter Envoy from October 2007 profiles the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) during the semester of its founding. CRAASH was founded by four Hunter College students—Olivia Lin, Jessica Lee, Christopher Eng, and Emil Marquita—after Lin tried to declare an Asian American Studies minor in the Spring of 2007 and was told that the program could not offer minors because there was no acting head or budget. The article reports that CRAASH was working on flyering, petitioning, and meeting with key administrators in order to organize the Hunter community and spread awareness about the inadequate conditions facing the AASP. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Letter from Dr. Gary Okihiro to Hunter President Jennifer J. Raab

  This is a letter written by Dr. Gary Okihiro, dated November 13, 2001, and addressed to Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab. In the letter, Dr. Okihiro urges Raab to invest in Asian American studies faculty, including a stable director, "to continue to build on Hunter's pioneering position in Asian American studies." Dr. Gary Okihiro was the director of the Asian American Studies Program at Cornell University from 1992-1999, after which he was recruited to Columbia University to be the founding director of their Asian American Studies Program as well the founding director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. He and Dr. Betty Lee Sung (City College/CUNY) have both received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Association for Asian American Studies. His letter of support indicates the important role of the Hunter Asian American Studies Program in the vitality of the discipline at large. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Asian American Studies Faculty and Curriculum Development Initiative Proposal

  This is the successful proposal for a 3-year Asian American Studies Faculty and Curriculum Development Initiative which began in the Spring of 1994. The initiative received $15,000 in funding from the CUNY Office of Faculty Development. Its primary goal was to establish a plan for the development of Asian American studies curricula throughout the CUNY system. Its deliverables included seminars for teams of faculty across CUNY campuses and New York City public schools to develop curriculum and pedagogy as well as conferences, curriculum guides, and institutional plans, which resulted in the publication of the Asian American Studies Guidebook. The initiative was led by Dr. Julia To-Dutka (Baruch College), Dr. Peter Kwong (Hunter College), Dr. John (Jack) Tchen (Queens College), and Dr. Jacob Wong (NYC Board of Education). The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Asian American Women and Feminism

  This program is for a panel event titled "Asian American Women and Feminism," which took place on March 6, 1997. The event was sponsored by the Hunter Asian American Studies Program and the Asian Pacific American Student Association. The panel featured Shamita Das Dasgupta, Jennifer Lim, Ai-Jen Poo, and Alexandra Suh. The panelists discussed the existence, lineages, and directions of a burgeoning Asian American women's movement and Asian American feminism, speaking from their experiences working with CAAAV's Women Workers Project, Manavi, and the National Organization of Women. Poo, went on to win a MacArthur Fellowship in 2014 for her work as director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and her long history of community organizing, which began with organizing domestic workers at CAAAV in 1996. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Flooding the Stream: Asian American Writers' Conference

  This poster and program features "Flooding the Stream," the first Asian American writers' conference in New York City. The conference took place from November 11-12, 1994 at Hunter College and was sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program and the Asian American Writers' Workshop. The conference featured prominent writers, poets, artists, and cultural workers, including CUNY's own Kimiko Hahn (Queens College) and Meena Alexander (Hunter College/Graduate Center). The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Counting the Number of Asian Faculty at CUNY

  These tables were compiled by Dr. Betty Lee Sung, who taught the first courses in Asian American studies at CUNY in 1970 in the City College Asian Studies Department. They indicate the racial demographics of faculty, with special attention to the number of Asian faculty, in the senior colleges, community colleges, and central office at CUNY in the Fall of 1992. Dr. Betty Lee Sung laid the foundation for Asian American studies at CUNY and remained at the college until her retirement in 1992, which effectively ended the Asian American studies presence within the Asian Studies departmental curriculum at CCNY. In 2016, the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI) at CUNY, which Sung also co-founded, together with the CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative, an ad hoc initiative established to address the lack of Asian Pacific American (APA) representation in leadership roles at CUNY, published a report titled "Asian American Leadership in CUNY and Higher Education." Notably, the report found there were no APAs at the highest levels of leadership at CUNY and that APAs constituted only 12.8% of full-time faculty. Taken together with Sung's research from 1992, the report identifies a lack of diversity in leadership as a deeply structural issue at CUNY. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Guidebook for the Implementation of Asian American Studies at CUNY

  This guidebook, published in November of 1995, was assembled by members of the Asian American Studies Faculty Development and Curriculum Project, a $15,000 initiative funded by the CUNY Office for Faculty Development. The guidebook provides practical and structural guidelines for how to implement Asian American studies across the CUNY system. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Third Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

  These minutes document the Hunter Asian American Studies Program (AASP)’s third Community Advisory Board meeting which took place on January 18th, 1994. In attendance included representatives from prominent community organizations including the David Wong Support Committee, New York Asian Women's Center, Chinese Staff Association, and Asian American Writers' Workshop. The meeting focused on planning a series of forums that would focus on important issues concerning Asian American communities, including supporting Asian Americans in the arts, labor and immigration issues, and women's issues. The purpose of the Community Advisory Board was to advise the AASP on how to best serve the needs and interests of the Asian American community in New York City as well as to bridge the gap between scholars of Asian American studies and the community. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• First Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

  These minutes document the Hunter Asian American Studies Program (AASP)'s first Community Advisory Board meeting which took place on October 29th, 1993. In attendance included representatives from prominent community organizations including The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), A Magazine, Asian American Writers' Workshop, Asian American Arts Centre, Cinevision, Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV), and Chinese Staff and Workers' Association. During the meeting, students Woei-Ming New and Kelly Nishimura shared background history on the implementation of the AASP and student activism. There was also a discussion about how Hunter students could engage in activism in the broader New York City Asian American community. The purpose of the Community Advisory Board was to advise the AASP on how to best serve the needs and interests of the Asian American community in New York City as well as to bridge the gap between scholars of Asian American studies and the community. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
• Asian American Studies Program Curriculum Proposal

  This is a draft of the curriculum proposal for the Hunter Asian American Studies Program (AASP) from 1994. The proposal emphasizes the AASP's role in the Hunter community, the New York City Asian American community, and within Asian American studies as a discipline. The program began with one full-time tenured faculty member (the director) and four adjunct courses per year, lacking enough faculty lines to offer a major or a minor. The proposal includes a listing and sample syllabi of the program's courses, which range from Gender in Asian American Literature to Asian American History of Labor and Politics. The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.