Janelle Wong Honored by American Academy of Political and Social Science
The UMD professor is one of eight scholars inducted into the prestigious academy this year.
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Stay Tuned with Preet features Viet Thanh Nguyen and Janelle Wong.
Jason Farman feature in BBC's Deeply Human
Professor explains history of anti-Asian bias, impact of political and economic instability, and importance of reaching across racial lines.
"Democrats need to stop obsessing about white rural voters and white suburban moms,‚ said Janelle Wong, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland."
The selection committee for the Lora Romero First Book Prize for the ASA is delighted to recognize TIFFANY LETHABO KING's The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies (Duke University Press, 2019)
Drs. Mary Corbin Sies, Isabelle Gournay, and Robert Freestone's Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change has been selected to receive the best edited prize for 2020.
UMD American Studies alum Melissa (Mia Chae) Reddy was recently featured in inaugural Global Beauty issue of Allure Magazine for her cosmetics line, Dehiya Beauty
Janelle Wong conducted her groundbreaking study of Asian Americans in eight different languages with six different Asian national origin groups.
AMST alum Tiffany King's new book, The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies, is available now on Duke University Press!
Researchers aim to paint a more accurate picture of ethnic, racial groups across the nation.