In the Press

Hallway at Western Washington University where Ethnic Studies is based, the walls are lined with photos of professors and anecdotes, paper butterflies, and posters
The Front: Department of Ethnic Studies at WWU Expanding Class Offerings this Spring
March 6, 2025
Book cover with the title written on rolling hills and silhouettes of people
Worlds at the End by Pacharee Sudhinaraset
February 26, 2025
A group of individuals stand behind several horizontal signs in a march in Seattle's Chinatown International District
March to Remember Chinese Expulsion in Seattle Highlights Immigrants
February 26, 2025
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Seattle holds Day of Remembrance Rally 83 Years after Executive Order 9066 was Signed
February 20, 2025
An Asian woman wearing a sweater and glasses sits at a table with food items in front of her and her hand hovering over her smartphone laying on the table
TIE Talks with Linh Thủy Nguyễn
February 19, 2025
A logo of Generations
Professor Pittman's Articles in Generations Journal
February 5, 2025
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Mural for Incarcerated Japanese Americans During WWII Vandalized in Seattle
January 23, 2025
Paulo smiles while standing and wearing glasses, a light blue button-down shirt with a red-tiled necktie, and gray blazer
Advocating for Better Health Care
January 14, 2025
Nestor wearing a red and black patterned shirt with a red lei
AES Alumnus Nestor Enguerra, Jr. Heads the AAPI Project Thrive at UW Tacoma
December 13, 2024
Flyer for Passage to Seattle Event with three book covers centered each showing an illustration of a number of individuals
Passage to Seattle: Reenacting, Remembering, Retelling
November 21, 2024
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Freedom Choices: How Black Mothers Living in Jim Crow Protected Their Children from Anti-Black Racism and Prepared Them for Success
November 1, 2024
Dr. Peña and two other individuals stand in front of market products smiling
Dr. Peña's Interview about The San Luis Peoples Market
October 28, 2024
The Undocumented Americans title centered at the top with a red flower in the center middle lying on top of government documents
Making Sense of This Political Moment - October 2024 Perspectives
October 15, 2024
Linh Thủy Nguyễn sits in front of an audience wearing a black face mask speaking about her book Displacing Kinship
Temple University Press Shares Prof. Linh Thủy Nguyễn's Recent Event and Honorable Mention
October 14, 2024
An Asian woman wearing a sweater and glasses sits at a table with food items in front of her and her hand hovering over her smartphone laying on the table
NWSA's Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize Honorable Mention
October 7, 2024
Dept. Chair Rick Bonus stands in front of a window and brick wall arms crossed wearing glasses and a black button-down shirt
A Message from the Chair
October 1, 2024
An Asian woman wearing a sweater and glasses sits at a table with food items in front of her and her hand hovering over her smartphone laying on the table
Diacritics Review, Refugee Critique: The Next Generation, in Linh Thủy Nguyễn’s Displacing Kinship
September 30, 2024
Twelve headshot photos of individuals with various logos of government and organization entities
Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO) Announces 2024 Immersion Delegates
September 18, 2024
An Asian woman wearing a sweater and glasses sits at a table with food items in front of her and her hand hovering over her smartphone laying on the table
Review in for Displacing Kinship: The Intimacies of Intergenerational Trauma in Vietnamese American Cultural Production
September 11, 2024
An illustration of a Filipino meal and Asian fruit
Journal of Asian American Studies, Volume 27
August 23, 2024
An illustrated book cover with six individuals smiling with the title Knowledge Kapamilya Issue 01 centered
UW Libraries in the Classroom: Co-Creating and Publishing Books in Class
August 22, 2024
Twelve headshot photos of individuals on a flier will be celebrated by Positively Filipino
Building Communities: A Tribute to Our Manongs and Manangs
August 21, 2024
Oliver looks on smiling wearing a beige jacket over a blue button-down shirt
New Faculty Spotlight: Oliver Rollins
June 28, 2024
Illustrated cover of a book with six Filipino individuals smiling with one holding a icing spatula, another with an animal curled up on her right shoulder, another with a traditional bowl on her left shoulder, and one holding what appears to be a shield
Knowledge Kapamilya 2024
June 24, 2024
Vietnamese-American actress Kieu-Chinh on the set of John Irvin's Vietnam war film 'Hamburger Hill', where she is working as Vietnamese adviser, in the Philippine jungle south of Manila, 3rd November 1986. (Alex Bowie/Getty Images)
"Vietnam is more than just a war": How Kieu Chinh helped evolve the Hollywood War Machine Propaganda
June 11, 2024
A woman stands smiling wearing a brown jacket and a purse slung over her left shoulder
Wen Eckelberg selected as scholar for China’s Yenching Academy
May 30, 2024
A headshot photo of LaShawnDa smiling with her hands clasped together in front of a dark gray background
Prof. LaShawnDa L. Pittman Awarded a 2024 ACLS Digitial Justice Seed Grant
May 22, 2024
At the bottom of the cover is an image of a mural of a side view of a woman's face with tree roots as her hair, a hummingbird, hands with cacti imprinted, a heart, and an active volcano with a window showing blue skies and clouds
Professor Rick Bonus returns as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian American Studies (JAAS)
May 22, 2024
On a black background in white text reads Mellon Foundation with its logo to the left
AES Receives Mellon Foundation's Affirming Multivocal Humanities Grant
May 20, 2024
Two women standing next to each other, one holds a book
Linh Thủy Nguyễn and Anh H Nguyen
May 8, 2024
An individual smiles in front of a gray background wearing a burgundy scarf and black quarter-zipper shirt
Dr. Devon G. Peña's Appointment to the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1)
April 17, 2024
Two women sit next to each other in a gymnasium, one wearing a gray hat and button down shirt, and the other wearing a white t-shirt
AAPI Voter Turnout Involves Many Unseen Obstacles
March 27, 2024
Several performers hold up a lion and dragon in front of the Wing Luke Museum
Lunar New Year Becomes a Recognized Holiday in Washington State
March 15, 2024
An Asian woman wearing a sweater and glasses sits at a table with food items in front of her and her hand hovering over her smartphone laying on the table
Linh Thủy Nguyễn's Displacing Kinship: The Intimacies of Intergenerational Trauma in Vietnamese American Cultural Production
March 13, 2024
A headshot photo of LaShawnDa smiling with her hands clasped together in front of a dark gray background
Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (EJI) Winter Newsletter
February 29, 2024
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Engaging with Ethnic Studies Librarians
February 20, 2024
Several performers hold up a lion and dragon in front of the Wing Luke Museum
Lunar New Year Celebrations and the Push to Make it a Washington State Holiday
February 12, 2024
A letter addressed to Dr. Rick Bonus, AES' Chair, from the OCA Greater Seattle Asian Pacific American Advocates
OCA Greater Seattle - Asian Pacific American Advocates Golden Circle Awards & Lunar New Year Celebration
February 6, 2024
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell pulls a string to reveal the new Year of the Dragon Forever stamp at the International District Community Center. There are five individuals standing stage right and three standing stage left. An enlarged image of the Year of the Dragon stamp center stage.
U.S. Postal Service unveils new Year of the Dragon Stamp
February 5, 2024
Centered on a stamp is a face of a dragon colored light gold, with twelve jagged white teeth, an orange nose, red eyes, tri-color horns with pink at the tip, light green in the middle, and red at the base. The stamp reads, "Lunar New Year USA" with a strikethrough the word "Forever". The year 2024 is noted at the bottom-right corner of the stamp.
Lunar New Year with Year of the Dragon Stamp
January 26, 2024
Tina Le, left, and Cooper Nguyen, right, take turns moving with the lion head at a Little Saigon grocery warehouse rented by the Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Association in December
Asian Americans in Seattle use Lunar New Year Traditions as connection to Heritage, Family
January 18, 2024
LaShawnDa, centered in the photo, is sitting on a couch wearing a gray shawl over a black shirt and is talking with an African American grandmother
LaShawnDa Pittman's Book Shared in Chicago Tribune Article
January 16, 2024
Han Eckelberg wearing a multi-color long-sleeve shirt, crouching in front of a group of children speaking to them
Seattle Sounders FC Features Han Eckelberg
January 10, 2024
AES Logo
Spotlight on Tagalog, in the Northwest Asian Weekly
January 8, 2024
Light blue book cover with the title, "Grandmothering While Black: A Twenty-First-Century Story of Love, Coercion, and Survival". Elderly African American woman sitting on a red couch with a baby on her lap. Three African American grandchildren standing around her.
LaShawnDa Pittman's Book Reviewed on Fostering Families Today
December 29, 2023
A headshot photo of LaShawnDa smiling with her hands clasped together in front of a dark gray background
LaShawnDa Pittman Interviewed by USA Today about Black Grandparents Raising their Grandkids
December 28, 2023
Rick Bonus
A Message from the Chair
September 29, 2023
Prof. Connie So
Connie So interviewed by Fox 13 News about Asian Hate in the CID
September 25, 2023
Prof. Connie So
Connie So Earns 2023 Outstanding Public Service Award
September 18, 2023
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In A Yellow Tone Evolves
March 16, 2023