This fall, the Asian American / Asian Research Institute helped revive Asian American Studies at The City College of New York, marking a new chapter in a proud legacy that began more than fifty years ago. The Department of Sociology, led by Professor Katherine Chen, launched “Asian American Experience: Immigration, Exclusion, and Belonging”—the first Asian American Studies course at CCNY since at least 2019. The course was taught by Dr. Rikka Venturanza, who trained at the University of California, Los Angeles Division of Sociology and Comparative Education, Race, Ethnic and Cultural Studies Specialization.
The revival of an Asian American Studies course at City College honors the pioneering work of the late Dr. Betty Lee Sung, who taught the college’s first course on the subject beginning in 1970. Additional support for the revival effort came from Cynthia Sung (Dr. Sung’s daughter), Jerry Moy (a student in Dr. Sung’s very first course, and now VP of the CCNY Asian Alumni Club), and Carol Huang (CCNY faculty in the School of Education). This course reconnected today’s students to CCNY’s long history of Asian American scholarship and activism. The new winter online course, open to all CUNY students, by Prof. Venturanza, “Minor Feelings, Major Questions: How Race Shapes What We Feel,” will include an examination of texts written by Asian American scholars.
Minor Feelings, Major Questions: How Race Shapes What We Feel
Instructor: Rikka J. Venturanza, Ph.D.
M&W 10am-1:30pm & T&Th 10am-11am (Synchronous)
Instructor: Rikka J. Venturanza, Ph.D.
M&W 10am-1:30pm & T&Th 10am-11am (Synchronous)
Ready to dig deep? This isn’t your average class on emotions! “Minor Feelings, Major Questions” is a groundbreaking new 3-credit course that transcends personal experience to analyze how race, institutions, and global policies shape our inner lives.
- Explore: How do feelings like anger, joy, alienation, and empowerment emerge from vast systems of power?
- Discover: The surprising connections between sociology, psychology, cultural studies, and your own emotional world.
- Uncover: The social and political forces that define what you feel and why you feel it.
Challenge your perspective and reveal the forces behind your feelings!
Enrollment inquiries, please contact Katherine Chen, Chair of Sociology, at kchen@ccny.cuny.edu.
