When California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) resumes classes in the fall, students will have a new major to pursue. After years of hard work and lobbying by several passionate CSUDH professors, the CSU Office of the Chancellor has officially approved the university's Asian-Pacific Studies program as a new major. CSUDH has had Asian studies courses for decades, and students have been able to choose Asian-Pacific Studies as a minor since 1992. With its new major-level designation, the program now stands on equal footing with other ethnic studies departments at the university, such as Africana Studies and Chicano/a Studies. In announcing the new major, CSUDH President ... Read More
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2022 Faculty Awards Honor Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service
2022 Faculty Excellence Recipients CSUDH honored five faculty members during the 2022 Faculty Awards Reception on May 3 for their excellence in teaching and research, their contributions to university governance and development, and for the role non-tenure track faculty play in student achievement. Watch the event recording here. Lyle E. Gibson Dominguez Hills Distinguished Teacher Award Dr. Anne Soon Choi, Interdisciplinary Studies Read Dr. Choi's Story Presidential Outstanding Professor Award Dr. Kimberly Huth, English Read Dr. Huth's Story Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award Dr. Laurie D. Inman, Liberal Studies Read Dr. Inman's Story Excellence in Research, ... Read More
Mary Lacanlale Wins 2022 Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award
In 2021, Assistant Professor of Asian-Pacific Studies Mary Talusan Lacanlale saw two long-term projects that examine Philippine history through a musical lens come to fruition. Her book Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during U.S. Colonization of the Philippines was published in August. That same month also saw the release of a CD she co-produced for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan & Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora. In recognition of Lacanlale's scholarship and creative projects, she is receiving the 2022 Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award. The award ... Read More
CSUDH Launches New Filipino American Digital Archive
On Saturday, March 5, leaders of the Filipino community and local dignitaries will join California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) faculty and representatives of the university's Gerth Archives and Special Collections to celebrate the launch of the CSUDH Filipino American Digital Archive (FADA). The event, which will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Archives on the fifth floor of the CSUDH University Library, will double as a chance for members of the local Filipino American community to bring in their own materials to add to the archive. “With Greater Los Angeles home to the third-largest population of Americans with Filipino ancestry in the United States, this new archive ... Read More
CSUDH Professor’s New Book Explores a Filipino Military Band’s Connection to U.S. Colonialism and Her Own Family History
In her new book, Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during U.S. Colonization of the Philippines, CSUDH Assistant Professor of Asian-Pacific Studies Mary Talusan Lacanlale doesn't just reveal the hidden history of the Philippine Constabulary Band–she uncovers some of her own family history, as well. The Philippine Constabulary Band, a group of Filipino musicians originally formed in 1902, toured the world for several decades to great acclaim, but they also helped to convince audiences that the American colonization of the Philippines was worthwhile and just. The band dissolved at the outset of World War II, and its history was all but ... Read More
