Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Cynthia Leung, a recent graduate in American Studies from Brooklyn College, explored the complex relationship between Asian American communities and public safety, particularly focusing on the experiences and perspectives of Chinese Americans regarding the police and criminal justice system.
Join AAARI, and the Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED) at the CUNY School of Professional Studies, for a screening and discussion of the documentary, But You’re Not Black (2020), directed by Danilelle Ayow.
The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses, and serve as a central location to display their creative works. Past participants have also had their films screened at the Asian American International Film Festival.
Roundtable discussion on Teaching Asian American Studies at City University of New York (CUNY) for the Asian American Policy Review, a Harvard Kennedy School student publication. MODERATOR Soniya Munshi is Interim Executive Director of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) at CUNY, an Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic and … Read more
Join us for a virtual cross-campus discussion about efforts at LaGuardia Community College and Brooklyn College to organize AAPI communities. Bring your questions, stories, and strategies from your experiences on your own campus!
The Dougla experience in Caribbean spaces and the diaspora provides an epistemology of mixedness, particularly as situated within an Indian/ African binary. Prof. Aleah N. Ranjitsingh centers maneuvering as a descriptive and explanatory tool that summarizes how Douglas contemplate their experience of mixedness outside of Caribbean homeland spaces—maneuvering defaults (Blackness), maneuvering ambiguity, and maneuvering privilege.