Recent News
Professor Connie So and several of her students were recently selected to receive a Special Recognition Award in the Best Labor Studies Paper/Project competition held by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies for their class project, Gum Saan to Golden Spike. Andrew Hedden, Associate Director at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, stated their committee was "impressed by the creativity of the project and wanted to make sure it received recognition. We will honor the… Read more
Associate Professor Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky was recently featured in the October 2024 Perspectives newsletter. Prof. Pinedo-Turnovsky was asked, along with a number of other faculty members with the UW College of Arts and Sciences, to suggest books about the US political landscape from a variety of perspectives. She selected the book, The Undocumented Americans, by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.
Read the full newsletter and see links to this book as well as a nine other books… Read more
In the Temple University Press' recent newsletter dated October 9, 2024, it shared a photo of Professor Nguyễn's event that was held at the Third Place Book store in Ravenna, Seattle, WA, back in late-September. Additionally, the newsletter noted Linh Nguyễn's book, Displacing Kinship, received an honorable mention for the National Women's Studies Association Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize! This award celebrates exemplary scholarship that makes significant… Read more
Each year the National Women's Studies Association celebrates exemplary scholarship that makes significant contributions to the field of women's, gender, and sexuality studies. Associate Professor Linh Thủy Nguyễn's book, Displacing Kinship: The Intimacies of Intergenerational Trauma in Vietnamese American Cultural Production, was awarded the NWSA's Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize Honorable Mention! Prof. Nguyễn's book was given this award due to her dynamic offering of… Read more
Welcome to a brand new schoolyear – 2024-2025 – and warm hugs to our new and returning students, our faculty and staff, and you, the members of our set of collectives in AES! As the lead positive thinker and doer in our department, I always try to embrace whatever comes our way, whether they’re opportunities that are waiting for us to take on, or a couple of bumps on the road needing our engagement. The theme of our recent departmental retreat surely embodies this ethos: … Read more
Diacritics recently published a review by H.M.A. Leow on Associate Professor Linh Thủy Nguyễn’s book, Displacing Kinship: The Intimacies of Intergenerational Trauma in Vietnamese American Cultural Production. The review mentions how Displacing Kinship sets out to "displace kinship" by exposing how family is not a natural structure but is produced and represented "within the political economy of white supremacy and warfare." Nguyễn’s analysis is… Read more
Francisco “Frank” Irigon died Thursday, September 12, 2024, at age 77. He passed away surrounded by his family.
Irigon had many identities. He was a family man, a husband, father and grandfather. He was a veteran, executive director, newspaper founder, community builder and political candidate. He will be remembered by many as an activist, first and foremost, champion of civil rights and social justice, and a lifelong advocate for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Island (AANHPI… Read more
Congratulations to AES alumnus Paulo Pontemayor (graduating class of 2004) for making it as a delegate in the 2024 Filipino Young Leaders Immersion Program. He will join a cohort of leaders from across the U.S. who will embark on a week-long immersion trip to the Philippines. This year’s program aims to provide a fresh perspective on the Philippines, immersing delegates in both the rich history of the capital and the vibrant culture of the Visayas.
You can read more about this program and… Read more
Assistant Professor in African American Studies
Department of American Ethnic Studies
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, WA 98195
2024-25
Position Description
The Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in African American Studies with a specialization in African American… Read more
In the Temple University Press News of the Week dated September 11, 2024, a great review for Prof. Linh Thủy Nguyễn's book, Displacing Kinship: The Intimacies of Intergenerational Trauma in Vietnamese American Cultural Production, by Choice is shared. The review read, "By examining creative works, Nguyên (American… Read more