Neha Cariappa, recent graduate of the USF MA in Asia Pacific Studies program, shares her experiences while traveling back home to India during the pandemic and how she passed the time while in quarantine. In March when the ‘shelter-in-place’ was announced, I happened to be visiting family in the Bay area. Not in my wildest […]
Congratulations to Nathalie Lopez Del Valle, recipient of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies Summer Stipend for 2020! Nathalie, a 2nd-year student in the MA in Asia Pacific Studies program is spending the summer studying Korean at the Sejong Institute in San Francisco. Learn about Nathalie’s experiences in the program (in her own words) below. […]
Professor Wei Yang Menkus is an Associate Professor in the USF Department of Modern and Classical Languages. She is currently serving as Program Director of Asian Studies as well as Program Coordinator for the minor in Chinese Studies. She teaches and researches Chinese and East Asian cinema, specializing in genre theory, gender and visual culture, […]
The Center for Asia Pacific Studies is proud to share the accomplishments of the 2019-2020 cohort of Asia Bridge Junior Fellows. Throughout the course of the academic year, the fellows, mentored by Dr. Christopher Laurent (postdoctoral fellow at the center) joined the center’s community of students and scholars who share a common passion for Asia, […]
