Asian American Studies Department

SITE VISIT SCHEDULE

 

ALL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN 1301 ROLFE HALL, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

 

Wednesday, December 10th:

 

7:00 p.m.    Dinner meeting:  Initial organizational session for review team members only (“On Sunset” restaurant, Luxe Hotel, 11461 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049; 310-476-6571).

 

Thursday, December 11th:

 

      8:00      Breakfast discussion with Chair, Lane Hirabayashi, and Vice-chair, Jinqi Ling

      9:00      Meeting with Dean of Social Sciences, Reynaldo Macías

    10:00      Meetings with representative groups of faculty in major programs, by subdisciplinary area and/or degree program.

                  10:00          Senior Faculty

Victor Bascara, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies

Grace Hong, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies and Women’s Studies

Valerie Matsumoto, Associate Professor, History and Asian American Studies

Robert Nakamura, Professor, Asian American Studies

Min Zhou, Professor, Professor, Sociology and Asian American Studies

                  10:45          Affiliated Faculty (0% Appointees)

Cindy Fan, Professor, Geography

Shu-Mei Shih, Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature

                  11:30          Adjunct Faculty and Continuing Lecturers

Tritia Toyota, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Asian American Studies and Anthropology

    12:00      Lunch – review team members only [at the Faculty Center]

      1:15      Meetings with representative undergraduate students in major and minor programs.

Michael de Vera, Minor (not yet declared)

Cheo Fow Lee, Minor

Christina Aujean Lee, Major

Helen Lei, Major

Kerri Luong, Major

Sara Nguyen, Major (not yet declared)

Misha Tsukerman, Minor (not yet declared)

Tsuo Yuan (Wayne) Tung, Major

IaOo Vang, Major

Cynthia Vuong, Major

Sally Zhu, Major

1:45-2:00    Non-Majors/Minors

Anette Noroña

Melanie Simangan

Dian Kyewon Sohn

      2:00      Meetings with representative graduate students in major programs (includes GSA student representative) and Review of Teaching Assistant Program. Meetings with selected faculty and students

      2:00      Meeting with graduate concentration (graduate students outside of AAS)

Tara Fickle, English

Brian Hu, Film and Television

Oiyan Poon, Education

Cindy Sangalang, Social Welfare

      2:30      Meeting with AAS MA students and TAships

Danny Detchartivong, Second Year MA

Lindsay Gervacio, Third Year Joint AAS MA and Public Health MPH

Erica Juhn, Second Year MA

Andrew Jung, Second Year MA

Mary Keovisai, Second Year MA

Evangeline Reyes, Second Year MA

Mai Vang, First Year Joint AAS MA and Public Health MPH

Natalia Yamashiro, Second Year MA

      3:15      Review of Advising. UgC and GC members review undergraduate and graduate advising respectively.  *Also discuss TAships with selected faculty

Graduate Advising: Jinqi Ling and Valerie Matsumoto*

Undergraduate Advising: Victor Bascara* and Kyeyoung Park*

Staff: Stacey Hirose

      4:00      Closed session for review team only.

           

      6:00      Dinner:      Gardens on Glendon

                                    1139 Glendon Ave.

                                    (310) 824-1818

                  Attendees:

Review Team

Lane Hirabayashi, Chair

Jinqi Ling, Vice-Chair

Cindy Fan, Professor, Geography

Valerie Matsumoto, Associate Professor, History and Asian American Studies

Don Nakanishi, Professor, Education and Asian American Studies

Kyeyoung Park, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Asian American Studies

Min Zhou, Professor, Sociology and Asian American Studies

 

Day 2

      8:30      Open meetings with faculty and students. This may also include time for a tour of the department and affiliated facilities.

                  8:30            Tour of facilities

                  8:45            Victor Bascara, Associate Professor

                  9:00            Min Zhou, Professor

                  9:30            Christina Aujean Lee, Undergraduate Major

                  10:00          Don Nakanishi, Professor and Director, Asian American Studies Center

                  10:30          Lucy Burns, Assistant Professor

                  11:00          Keith Camacho, Assistant Professor

                  11:30          Grace Hong, Associate Professor

                  11:45          Rob Ho, Concentration Graduate Student

    12:00      Lunch – review team members only [at the Faculty Center]

      1:00      Meeting with Chairs and Director

                  Chairs:        Lane Hirabayashi and Min Zhou (former chair)

      2:00      Closed session.

      3:00      Final review team meeting with chair and vice chair(s)

                  Lane Hirabayashi

                  Jinqi Ling

      4:00      Exit meeting. The meeting includes Review Team members, Department Chair Lane Ryo Hirabayashi and Vice Chair Jinqi Ling, Executive Vice Chancellor Scott L. Waugh, Dean Reynaldo Macias, Graduate Division Dean Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Judith Smith, Graduate Council Chair Jan Reiff, Undergraduate Council Chair Dorothy Wiley, FEC Representative Michael Meranze, and CPB representative Steven Lippman.

 

 

Department Staff Contact:           Stacey Hirose

                                                X50894; stacey@asianam.ucla.edu