Korean American Studies Center to open at UC Riverside

Harry — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:48:03 +0000

Great news for all you Asian American studies scholars out there. The University of California, Riverside, is launching a Korean American studies center with the help of a $2.7 million endowment from the Overseas Koreans Foundation.It looks like the center is the one of first of its kind at a major research university. That’s no knock on California State University, Los Angeles, which has the long-established Center for Korean American and Korean Studies.

The UC Riverside center is being named for Young-Oak Kim, an Army vet who served in World War II and Korea. I’d not heard about him but he did a lot in the Korean American and Japanese American communities after retiring from the Army as a colonel. What a great way to honor him.

This post is also on Hyphen magazine’s blog.

University of California tackles state’s water problems

Harry — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:56:39 +0000

Here’s a package of stories my colleagues and I produced about how University of California campuses are researching issues related to water and drought.

I wrote about water policy and environmental problems.

Harry Mok » UC

Korean American Studies Center to open at UC Riverside

University of California tackles state’s water problems