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Charles Yu , Paul Nadal discuss Asian American experience in life and literature

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021

On Thursday, February 11, 2021 in a free event hosted by Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) and the Princeton Asian American Students Association (AASA), Assistant Professor of English and American Studies Paul Nadal spoke with New York Times bestselling author Charles Yu, whose work includes writing for HBO’s Westworld and other television shows, and the 2020 National Book Award winning nove
AMS, LAO students to support federal government as 2021 Scholars in the Nation’s Service

Friday, Jan 22, 2021

by Sarah M. Binder

One dozen students at Princeton University have been selected to join the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI), which funds graduate fellowships and undergraduate summer internships within the U.S. federal government. The 2021 SINSI cohorts are announced as the initiative marks its 15th year at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA).
AMS, LAO seniors win 2019 Spirit of Princeton Award

Tuesday, Apr 30, 2019

Among the eight students named winners of the 2019 Spirit of Princeton Award are AMS senior G.J. Sevillano and AMS and LAO senior Samuel Vilchez Santiago.
Class close-up: ‘American Agrarians’

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2019

Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) traveled to Hopewell Living History Farm with students in “American Agrarians: Ideas of Land, Labor, and Food” to tap maple trees and learn about processing sap, and the different products made on the farm using maple syrup.
Building an Indigenous studies community at Princeton

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020

by Jessica Lambert, Class of 2022

In response to growing interest in Indigenous scholarship and resources, Sarah Rivett spearheaded the creation of an Indigenous studies website.
Photos from the ‘Literature, Food, and the American Racial Diet’ cook-off

Thursday, May 16, 2019
Students respond to summer book club reads

Friday, Jul 24, 2020

The three book clubs hosted by AMS, ASA, and LAO faculty began summer with works of speculative fiction, memoir, and social history.
Seniors recognized for thesis, seminar work

Friday, May 29, 2020

by Sarah Malone

Spring 2020 prizes honor Princeton seniors Vayne Ong, Tabitha Belshee, Grace Koh, Allegra E. Martschenko, and Tessa Albertson.
AMS, ASA, LAO host community forum

Thursday, Nov 14, 2019

by Sarah Malone

The discussion related contemporary issues to fields of inquiry encompassed by American, Asian American and Latino studies.
‘This cake is our cake’: Students explore race, culture through literature

Wednesday, Jul 3, 2019

by Sarah Malone

On a Monday this spring, talk rose in the air with whiffs of garlic and ginger, and students held up their phones to capture the lively scene in the Friend Center Convocation Room. It was lunch time, and the annual cook-off and feast prepared by teams of students in the course “Literature, Food and the American Racial Diet” was being served.