Asian American Studies: An NEH Bridging Cultures Project

FAIN: ME-50065-14

Bunker Hill Community College (Boston, MA 02129-2925)
Lori Catallozzi (Project Director: August 2013 to September 2017)

A partnership between Bunker Hill Community College and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, to conduct a three-year Bridging Cultures faculty and curriculum development project in Asian American studies.

A partnership between Bunker Hill Community College and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, to conduct a three-year Bridging Cultures faculty and curriculum development project in Asian American studies. Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) builds on a relationship with the Asian American studies program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston (UMB), to integrate Asian American studies into the BHCC curriculum. Directed by Dean of Humanities Lori Catallozzi, the project engages twelve faculty members from BHCC's humanities departments in collaborative study at three summer institutes with faculty members from UMB's Asian American studies program to examine Asian American communities in Boston and in the nation as a whole. Each institute is devoted to a sub-topic: 1) Asian cultures of the Boston area, 2) intergenerational relationships, and 3) Asian Americans in civic life. Readings are drawn from studies of the history and cultures of specific communities, including Shirley Tang and James Bui on Boston's Vietnamese community, Rajini Srikanth and Esther Iwanaga on Asian American literature, and K. Scott Wong on the history of Boston's Chinatown, as well as from works in the broader field of Asian American studies. Participants also make use of oral histories, documentaries, digital storytelling, policy studies, and archival records, and visit Boston's Chinese, Khmer, and Vietnamese neighborhoods. In addition to taking part in the summer institutes, project participants engage in roundtable discussions and give public lectures during the fall and spring semesters. BHCC faculty members Henry Allen, Mizuho Arai, Aurora Bautista, Jessica Bethoney, Charles Pen Khek Chear, and Lee Santos Silva are participating, along with six additional participants chosen in the project's first year. UMB scholars include Peter Nien-chu Kiang, Shirley Tang, Loan Dao, Patricia Akemi Neilson, Rajini Srikanth, and Paul Watanabe. Faculty members from the two institutions work together to create materials and modules to enhance as many as twenty courses at BHCC. These materials are also disseminated to other institutions in the Massachusetts community college system through an online resource library.

Associated Products

Bridging Cultures in Asian American Studies: An NEH Project at Bunker Hill Community College (Web Resource)
Title: Bridging Cultures in Asian American Studies: An NEH Project at Bunker Hill Community College
Author: Aurora Bautista, Mary Boehmer, Jie Ling Frye, Nina Ha, James Kilpatrick, Grace Mah, Arlene Vallie
Author: Lori Catallozzi
Abstract: Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) received a Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a three-year project in Asian American studies in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Asian American Studies Program. UMass Boston Asian American Studies faculty are working with BHCC faculty to integrate rich, interdisciplinary content on Asian American culture and communities into humanities-based courses.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: https://bhcc.digication.com/Catallozzi-bridging_cultures_in_asian_american_studies_an_neh_project_at_bunker_hill_community_college-Jun-2016/Home
Primary URL Description: BHCC's Bridging Cultures Team has created an e-Portfolio that showcases the NEH Project and provides access to resources for faculty and staff.

Modeling AANAPISI Community College–University Collaboration: A Case Study of Asian American Studies-Centered Faculty and Curriculum Development (Article)
Title: Modeling AANAPISI Community College–University Collaboration: A Case Study of Asian American Studies-Centered Faculty and Curriculum Development
Author: Lori A. Catallozzi
Author: Shirley Suet-ling Tang
Author: Glenn Gabbard
Author: Peter Nien-chu Kiang
Abstract: Collaborations between 2- and 4-year funded AANAPISIs with shared student and community profiles offer unique opportunities to leverage resources to efficiently and effectively serve their students.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/he.20325
Primary URL Description: Link to article on Wiley Online
Access Model: Behind paywall.
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: New Directions for Higher Education
Publisher: Wiley

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