Center for the Study of Asian American Health

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

Experiencing China and Chinese Culture: CUNY Study Abroad in China

This lecture will talk about unique features of CUNY-Asian-faculty-led study abroad in China program. In particular, the lecture will discuss various educational benefits of the program while students and faculty have real experience of China’s society, the people, the language, and culture. Topics: how the trip is organized prominent and unique features of the program … Read more

Off the Wall: Critiquing a Controversial New Study of Creativity and Language

The familiar debate over language and thought rears its head again with the publication of William C. Hannas’s controversial book, “The Writing on the Wall: How Asian Orthography Curbs Creativity” (University of Pennsylvania Press).  In brief, Hannas contends that the writing systems of China, Japan, and Korea are inherently deterrent to abstract construction and those … Read more

Cross-Cultural Study of the Concerns of Western and Korean Postnatal Mothers

This research study was funded by PSC-CUNY Research Grant for 2001-2002. This cross-cultural descriptive study compared the childbearing concerns and experiences of Korean and Western postnatal mothers in three areas: physiological, psychosocial and infant care. In order to ascertain whether there were cultural differences in these three areas, a survey was conducted. Fifty Western postnatal … Read more