Something I never saw coming : Students celebrate representation-based projects at UNC dailytarheel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailytarheel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The University of North Carolina’s College of Arts and Sciences has reportedly begun its hiring process for three new faculty members who will be taking charge of its Asian American studies. One of the professors, who specializes in Asian American history, will work in the history department, followed by another professor specializing in pop culture to be assigned to the American studies department, and the last one, with a specialty in the South Asian diaspora, will be assigned to the English department. Answering the call: Geneva Collins, director of communications for the college, on behalf of UNC College of Arts and Sciences Dean Jim White, told The Daily Tar Heel that the hiring effort was a response to the student-made petition launched by the Students for Asian American Studies at UNC (SAAS) in February.
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Students for Asian American Studies at UNC (SAAS) — a student-led organization — launched a petition last week with demands to expand the Asian American Center, continue disaggregated studies for Asian ethnicities and establish a degree-oriented Asian American Studies program.