Asian American History
This Executive Order put 120,000 Japanese (primarily U.S. citizens) in 10 concentration camps across the United for up to 4 years, without due process of law or any factual basis, in bleak, remote camps surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards.
Executive Order 9066
What famous book was written by John Okada, the namesake of Stanford's Asian American ethnic theme dorm?
No No Boy
In 1996, this annual conference was established to address pressing issues in the Asian American community and brings representatives from local community groups to campus to educate participants about these issues. Open to students throughout the Bay Area and nation.
Listen to the Silence
Name one Asian American Studies course at Stanford + the professor that teaches/taught it.
Open
Which Asian American student group became the first student organization to hold a formal production in the Bing Hall?
Asian American Theater Project for My Fair Lady
What is the name of the movement started in 1968 that comprised of students striking at San Francisco State University to demand the establishment of ethnic studies programs. The following year, in 1969, they are joined by UC Berkeley students.
Third World Liberation Front
In 1996, this student group was founded to provide a welcoming and safe space for Stanford students to engage in issues concerning API and LGBTQ identities.
Queer & Asian (Q&A)
In 2015, this campaign launched to ensure that marginalized students have a safe and inclusive learning experience.
Who's Teaching Us?
Who was the first director of the Asian American Studies program?
Gordon Chang
In 1994, the first Asian American focused ASB trips were created to introduce students to the needs of various communities through direct service, experiential learning, discussion, and reflection. Name one of the two classes.
"Asian American Issues: From Identity to Action"
"The Challenge of Identity: The Filipino-American in California"
Where were the first Asians documented in America from (1587)?
During the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade era, Spanish colonizers enslaved indigenous people from the Philippines, often referred to as “Indios Luzones”, to work on Spanish ships. A landing party from the Manila Galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza was sent to shore on what is now known as Morro Bay, CA. The landing party included these enslaved men from the Philippines, becoming the first Asians to step foot in the Americas.
In what year did the first students of Asian descent attend Stanford?
a. 1885
b. 1888
c. 1891
d.1897
c. 1891
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In 2013, this Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor was elected as the chair of Stanford's 46th Faculty Senate, making him the second person of color in the institutions's history to hold this position.
David Palumbo-Liu
The Asian American Activities Center convened a Task Force to examine mental health concerns for Asian American students after several suicides. The following year, a first of it's kind survey was sent out to all self-identified Asian American students gathering information on health & well being as well as help seeking behavior. Findings led to the establishment of this program--now called iLive--at the Asian American Activities Center focusing on mental health concerns. What was the original name?
After Dark
This federal immigration prohibited the entry of immigrants considered "undesirable" which was classified as any individual from Asia who was coming to America to be a forced laborer, any Asian woman who would engage in prostitution, and all people considered to be convicts in their own country.
Page Act of 1875
Who was the first professor to begin teaching at Stanford in 1913? He taught in the History department specializing in Japanese history, international relations, and the Japanese American experience. By the 1920s, he was appointed Associate Professor and is believed to be the first person of Asian decent to have held an endowed chair position at an American university.
Yamato Ichihashi
Name one student group that was part of the Rainbow Agenda. This coalition formed in 1987 to propose a set of demands including the institutionalization of the Asian American Activities Center and the hiring of a full time Director/Dean.
AASA, MEChA, SAIO, BSU
After years of community and student protests, Stanford's Asian American Studies program was finally founded in what year?
a. 1989
b. 1992
c. 1995
d. 1997
d. 1997
What was the name of the A3C's first full-time director?
Rick Yuen
TW: violence
From which city/state in the U.S. did the entire population of Indian immigrant lumber workers leave for their own safety, walking northward across the border into Canada? This occurred in 1907 after white rioters searching for Indian immigrants pulled the predominantly Sikh male laborers from Punjab, out of their bunks, set their bunkhouses on fire, stole their possessions, and beat them. Some of the victims were hospitalized, and those that escaped were jailed.
Bellingham, Washington
In 1982, this magazine features 4 Stanford students posing in the Quad under the headline "Asian-Americans: The Drive to Excel" feeding misperceptions of Asian Americans as the "Model Minority"
Newsweek Magazine
In 1994, members from this group disrupt a Faculty Senate meeting, demanding consideration for an Asian American Studies Program. It is the first time that a Faculty Senate meeting is prematurely adjourned. The following year an Asian American Studies Curriculum Committee is formed and charged with developing a curriculum for an Asian American Studies major and minor.
Concerned Students for Asian American Studies
A then-graduate student in History, this person taught the first Asian American Studies course offered under the student led Stanford Workshops on Political and Social Issues (SWOPSI).
Gordon Chang
What was the Asian American Activities Center called before its name was changed in 1977?
a. Asian American Student Union
b. Asian American Cultural Center
c. Asian American Student Services
d. Asian American Resource Center
d. Asian American Resource Center