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On 18 June 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Asian-American studies to Asian American studies. The result of the discussion was moved.

Start article[edit]

additional content needed, will add stub template, etc. as soon as i figure out how Howee 05:31, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

External links[edit]

way too many programs listed—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Arthurian Legend (talk • contribs).

Agree. I have removed almost all of them as unnecessary. -- Satori Son 07:39, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it unnecessary to list them? Gmatsuda 08:04, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

no mention of UH or the East-West Center? i don't know the specific depts/programs involved, but i bet it's bigger than most of the CA ones listed! 66.30.37.61 (talk) 07:12, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about half-Asians[edit]

Would half-Asians be allowed to take these studies? --69.234.185.36 20:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC)J knight 98[reply]

Why would you think only Asian Americans could take Asian American Studies classes? Gmatsuda 20:14, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone who is a valid student can enroll in a college course where they are registered as long as they meet the prerequisites (if there are any). 69.125.134.86 (talk) 23:11, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of information regarding specific Interdisciplinary Asian American Studies[edit]

There is a single sentence in this article about what actually constitutes Asian American studies (most of which has to be read on the actual Asian American wiki page. Additionally, important issues that are studied within Asian American studies, especially that of masculinity and femininity in the face of colonialism and assimilation, also only has a single sentence blurb. This single sentence does not even have a citation.

Vnguyen518 (talk) 01:04, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

This section is limited to the establishment of Asian American Studies as part of the student movements in the San Francisco Bay Area and the founding of a unit within the College of Ethnic Studies at SFSU. The section would benefit from multiple historical origin stories, beyond the California-centered narrative (i.e. Midwestern universities, U.S. South, Ivy League, Canadian). Another area that could be improved is the omission of Pacific Islanders and the convergences and divergences between Asian American Studies and Pacific Islander Studies. DrPerillo (talk) 05:06, 8 November 2016 (UTC)DrPerillo[reply]

Good point. I’ve tried to expand a little in terms of the California-centered approach. But please feel free to add further discussion.

Re: your other point about Pacific Islander Studies, this may require a new section. —Caorongjin 💬 17:58, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Article Quality[edit]

There are very few references (7), the lengths of sections are disproportionate, and aspects of the topic like Pacific Islanders are missing. According to "Evaluating Wikipedia" these are signs of poor quality. DrPerillo (talk) 05:11, 8 November 2016 (UTC)DrPerillo[reply]

Requested move 30 October 2020[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Bait30 ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 05:54, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Asian American studies → Asian-American studies – In this title, Asian American serves as a compound attributive (a form of compound modifier) and should be hyphenated in accordance with MOS:HYPHEN. (The principle is also addressed later on in the MOS where it states, "An en dash between separate nations; for people and things identifying with multiple nationalities, use a hyphen when applied as an adjective or a space as a noun. ... [For example,] Japanese–American trade; but a family of Japanese-American traders or a family of Japanese Americans".)

This would be in line with existing precedents; e.g., at Asian Americans, the term is hyphenated when used attributively, and at African-American studies, the term is hyphenated. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 02:54, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support Rreagan007 (talk) 20:29, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

RFC about the hyphen[edit]

Should the article name be reverted to "Asian American studies" and the MOS:HYPHEN be updated to drop the hyphen? —Caorongjin (talk) 05:22, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is already some discussion on the MOS talk page, but I did want to bring this to a wider discussion with relation to a concrete change that was made (namely, here). The general move of style guides is towards dropping the hyphen. Should the same be done for MOS:HYPHEN and reflected in the title of this article? — Caorongjin (talk) 05:31, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is not an RfC matter. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:03, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If it were simply about an RM, then no. But it is mainly about a disagreement in the MOS that was manifested in a move. — Caorongjin (talk) 09:27, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes Dayirmiter (talk) 12:13, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 18 June 2021[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 21:20, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Asian-American studies → Asian American studies – WP:COMMONNAME is without hyphen. Was previously moved with minimal discussion. Also discussed in MOS talk page. — Caorongjin (talk) 20:24, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Scorpions13256 (talk) 20:41, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. The last move should not have taken place. "Asian-American" seems like a rare usage. Scorpions13256 (talk) 20:52, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination and WP:COMMONNAME - see this ngram. Mysterymanblue 21:00, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Wiki Education assignment: Asian American History[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 1 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Hoang1nguyen (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Hoang1nguyen (talk) 22:57, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]