Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Fridays, July 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8 & 15, 2008 Time: 12PM to 5PM Place: 25 W. 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Funded by a grant from Swarthmore College, Our Health, Our Arts is a six-session summer program which will take a look at public policies, research, and … Read more
The state of Tamil Nadu is located along the south east coast of the Indian subcontinent. The Tamil culture and language is said to have its origins in prehistoric times and is related to the ancient Dravidian culture of Southern India. The rural region of interior Tamil Nadu is made up of thousands of small … Read more
Asian Community Block Center for the Study of Asian American Health The New York University School of Medicine’s Centers for Health Disparities Research received funding in 2003 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities to establish the nation’s first Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH). … Read more
For more than 50 years, art therapy has been in existence in the United States and Europe. What about in Asia? Although there has been an emergence of a movement to practice art therapy in Asia, art therapy is not yet fully established and recognized. For example, in Japan, there is currently no graduate schools … Read more
Within the field of psychology, immigrants are often overlooked when it comes to assessing mental health. The Asian immigrant population in particular is a group that has gone through a lot of losses, including having to leave their home country, friends and family. Even though there are good reasons for traveling so far, there’s still … Read more