The Asian American Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the scholarship and experiences of Americans, Pacific Islanders, and immigrants to the United States from Asian and Asian American heritage groups. The program sheds light on Asian American experiences and concerns, both historically and in contemporary times.
How your gifts make an impact
Your donation will aid the Asian American Studies Program in its teaching, research, and student programming. The fund supports community-building functions, guest lectures, undergraduate scholarships, symposia, and other scholarly activities that enhance our understanding of the Asian diaspora. Gifts of any size are most welcome and gratefully received.
Why we need your support
Founded in 1991, the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is the oldest Asian American Studies program in the Midwest. Today, our program provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to develop a sustained intellectual focus on Asian American racial formation, history, literature, culture, and social concerns. Our program advances understandings about Asian American racial formation in the U.S. and increases and deepens students’ ability to critically analyze how race works together with ideas about gender, sexuality, class, and nationality to shape social identities and their status in U.S. society. The program also enhances insights into how Asian Americans are situated in relation to other minoritized groups such as African Americans, Latinxs, and Indigenous peoples in the United States.