https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-a-year-after-launch-asian-american-studies-director-looks-back-on-challenges-plans-for-growth
This article looks at how the Asian American studies program is doing at Duke University, which is a promising step in the right direction. Duke University is one of the largest universities in the country and if they have an Asian American studies program, hopefully other universities will follow. Advocacy for this started all the way in 2002 and just recently was approved, so that shows how long it took and that their persistence paid off.
“The Asian American Studies Program officially arrived on campus last spring, and for program director Nayoung Aimee Kwon, its creation was the culmination of over a decade of student work on campus.
The program does not yet include a major, minor or certificate, but it offers courses that give “interdisciplinary perspectives on the current-day status of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in our society,” according to its website. Kwon, associate professor in the department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies, mentioned that the program also aims to create an Asian Alumni Affinity group by this fall.”