Asian American Studies projects
Asian American Studies projects
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final read pdf version (2).pdfA story of two adoptions, told side by side
A story of two adoptions, told side by side
Our Adoption Story is a children’s picture book based on a true story of transnational adoption and chosen family, originally created for AAS 512 Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature. Through parallel journeys of a child and their dog, the book explores loss, care, cultural identity, and healing in ways that are accessible to young readers while reflecting deeper themes in Asian American adoptee experiences.
AAS330_final.pdfRecovering disabled Japanese American histories of incarceration
Recovering disabled Japanese American histories of incarceration
Created for AAS 330: Nikkei in the U.S., this zine recovers the often-erased histories of disabled Japanese Americans during World War II incarceration. Drawing from archival research, disability justice frameworks, and Nikkei scholarship, it centers Deaf, blind, chronically ill, and aging survivors whose experiences were marginalized within both incarceration narratives and disability history.
Studying Asian American Studies has shown me how deeply identity and intersectionality shape the way people move through the world. While I would have loved to formally minor in Asian American Studies, Disability Studies, and Queer Studies, I ultimately chose Asian American Studies because of my roots as a Chinese adoptee—a core part of who I am and how I understand belonging, family, and history. At the same time, these courses opened pathways into other critical fields, helping me see how race, disability, gender, and sexuality intersect across systems of power. I carry these perspectives into my engineering work and future career, approaching design not as a neutral technical process, but as one that must center lived experience, access, and ethical responsibility.
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