2026 APIA Studies
The Department of American Culture, Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) Studies, represented by its new Director, Associate Professor Dr. Melissa Borja, and Assistant Professor Dr. Retika Adhikari, honored the first recipients of the AAUM Asian/Asian American Pacific Islander (A/AAPI) group’s endowed fund to support APIA Studies at Michigan. The APIA Studies endowed fund will annually award students conducting APIA studies research. We look forward to hearing more from these scholars in the future!
Henry Chen (Graduate Student): Research on socio-cultural aspects of the Chinese Exclusion Act),
Wren Palmer (Graduate Student): Research on mainstream media depictions of Pacific Islander warrior culture
Gina Hsu (Graduate Student): Research on responses to invasive aquaculture from Asia
Paolo Poquiz (Undergrad): Research on activism in rural communities