The students of Professor Harvey Dong’s Asian American Studies 121 Chinese American History class interviewed a number of community activists about their work. They created a series of podcasts which are now available on Anchor FM. My interview was about starting Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley.
ASAMST 121 Spring 21 Presented by Harvey Dong
May 7, 2021
Starting Asian American Studies
By Students of ASAMST 121
Our podcast topic is how the first Asian American studies class was started at UC Berkeley and Jeff Leong’s experiences during that time period creating the class. Jeff dives deeper into his own journey as a student, how the course developed, the cultural and historical context behind the course, the backlash, and how Asian American studies is like to this very day.
Transcript: JL Version reconciled with audio podcast.
Interviewee: Jeff Leong, An important activist during the Third World Liberation Front who led the first Asian American studies class.
Team Members: Ethan Chiu, Kristina Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Lawrence Su, and Phibi Tran
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