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AAAS STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

As part of AAPI Heritage Month celebrations, students working on Asian and Asian American topics presented their research to a captive audience of students, faculty and community members. This event was hosted by the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies in partnership with University Libraries.



Learn more about the presenters and their research below:

Exploring Connections: Asian Diaspora in Puerto Rico

Presenter: Adamaris Pabon-Seda, Asian & Asian American Studies/Korean Studies

Advisor: Sandra So Hee Chi Kim

Indigenous Peoples as Tools of the Nation: Using the Ainu to Revitalize the National Image in Japan

Presenter: Peter Keenan, Asian & Asian American Studies/Japanese Studies

Advisor: Gregory Ruf

Sociolinguistic Comparison of Jejueo and Long Island Eastern Algonquian Languages

Presenter: Julie Wolfe, Linguistics, Globalization Studies and International Relations/Korean Studies

Advisor: Heejeong Sohn

Soseki’s Relevating Hypotheticals

Presenter: Alena Huynh, Political Science/Japanese Studies

Advisor: Eva Nagase

White Rice, Human Capital, and (Post)colonial Exploitation in Pachinko

Presenter: Ling Liu, Visiting scholar in English, Ph.D candidate at Hong Kong Baptist University

Advisor: Jeffrey Santa Ana

Themes of "To Live": Understanding Contemporary Chinese Culture and History through Yu Hua's Modern Classic

Presenter: Oliver Pitts, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Advisor: Dongmei Zeng

Exploring Cross-Cultural Moral Lessons and Cultural Retention through Classic Children’s Literature

Presenter: Juhi Sarin, Biology/Asian & Asian American Studies

Advisor: Agnes He

The Universality of Language and Its Limitations: Perspective from Toshihiko Izutsu

Presenter: Yasuko, Fujita, Contemporary Asian & Asian American Studies

Advisor: Eriko Sato