Author: Dephny Duan
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GROW Featured in “Explore Magazine: Fall 2023”
With the theme of student activism, The Library’s Fall 2023 Explore Magazine featured GROW!
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Samoa Koria Oral History
Taituuga Samoa Anesi Koria studied at UC San Diego from 1978 to 1988. He was an student leader from Third College involved in Asian and Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APSA) and the Asian American Studies Committee (AASC). During and after UCSD, he is strongly committed to education and community service, especially to educate and celebrate…
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Minor Program officially established
In Fall 2020. the Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies minor program officially launched with Professor Simeon Man as its inagural Program Director. In addition to course offerings, the program held student-faculty-staff mixers and community events. To learn more about the program, visit aapi.ucsd.edu. Read more about the launch in 2020 with features of the…
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GROW at Association for Asian American Studies 2023 Annual Conference
In collaboration with 3 other projects, GROW presented at Asian American Studies 2023 Annual Conference in session “Living Archives, Oral History, and Storytelling: Documenting the Struggles for Asian American Studies.”
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Spring Quarter 2022
In our Spring 2022 course, we welcomed returning and new members and continued our collective learning and work. We conducted oral histories, learned from guest speakers and formed special relationships, and presented our work to the public.
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UC San Diego 16th Annual Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration
This year’s UCSD Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration scholarship award recipients include 3 of our very own GROW members!
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GROW Information Session, February 2022
The GROW team gave our first info session to introduce the project and share how to enroll for course credit.
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A Look into the Movements for Asian American Studies at UC San Diego, May 2021
GROW presented a week-long series on “A Look into the Movements for Asian American Studies at UC San Diego” as a part of the Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration (APIAHC) month at UCSD, which included screenings of the first Asian American Studies Course at UCSD in Spring 1986 and a disucssion between the first…
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K. Wayne Yang Oral History
Dr. Wayne Yang is a Professor of Ethnic Studies and the Provost of Muir College at UC San Diego. In this interview, Yang discusses the activism of students of color during the 2010s, the experiences of faculty involved in and/or connected to student efforts and demands, and the politics of power and relationships within the…
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Dr. Corinne Kodama Oral History
Dr. Corinne Kodama is a former Research Specialist for the Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) project and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Previously, she worked at UC San Diego’s Student Affirmative Action and Human Relations program and Muir College.
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Edwina Welch Oral History
Edwina Welch (she/her) served as the inaugural director of the Cross Cultural Center at UC San Diego, retiring in 2021 after 25 years at the CCC. She reflects on the early days of the Cross, the growth of campus community centers, and student activism across the decades, highlighting the challenges and developments of diversity, equity,…
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Alex Tom Oral History
Alex Tom studied from 1994 to 1999 at UC San Diego, studying both Political Science and Ethnic Studies. He was also an active student leader involved in Asian and Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APSA), OASIS, Summer Bridge, Associated Students, and more. In his interview, he shares his experiences with being a student-leader and the student-activist…
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Joseph Allen Ruanto-Ramirez Oral History
Joseph Allen Ruanto-Ramirez (he/they) was the former Access Programs Advisor for UC San Diego’s Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service (SPACES), who held that position at the time of this interview. This interview covers topics including the Coalition for Critical Asian American Studies (CCAAS), Critical Asian American Studies, student advocacy for Asian American…
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Matt Vu Oral History
Matthew (Matt) Vu studied from 2007 to 2012 at UC San Diego, majoring in General Biology and Ethnic Studies. He was also actively involved in Summer Bridge, the Cross Cultural Center, Student Affirmative Action Committee, Kalbigang Pilipino, Asian and Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APSA), and the Coalition for Critical Asian American Studies (CCAAS). This interview…
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Michael Tea Oral History
Michael Tea is the co-founder of the Cambodian Student Association (CSA). He studied at UCSD from 2000 to 2007 as an undergraduate majoring in Ethnic Studies. This interview covers the topics of Michael Tea’s experiences and motives in founding CSA and the challenges he encountered.