A WSU expert in Asian American studies has received a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach courses at two Japanese universities this fall and to help the institutions build their American studies programs. » More …
Pamela Thoma, associate professor in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies, published a new book exploring the conditions of cultural and political belonging for Asian American women depicted in popular fiction.
Asian American Women’s Popular Literature; Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging examines the ways Asian American female writers address various family and financial pressures on women to reconcile the demands of work, motherhood, and consumer culture.