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Commemorating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with TIE and Choice Content
Book lists, interviews, and more to commemorate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Posted on May 6, 2025 in Blog Posts
Commemorating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, the Toward Inclusive Excellence team gathered TIE content and Choice resources that highlight Asian and Pacific American culture, art, and histories. Choice, the publisher of TIE and a publishing unit at the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, provides book reviews to help librarians identify academic sources and professional development tools like webinars, podcasts, and white papers.
First established as a week-long celebration in the late 1970s, “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month” became an annual monthly observance in 1992, the statute noting that, “Asian and Pacific Americans have contributed significantly to the development of the arts, sciences, government, military, commerce, and education in the United States.” We hope this collection aids in learning more about AANHPI scholarship, activism, and leadership this month and throughout the year.
TIE Blog
These selections include TIE Talks interviews and a blog post on last year’s Leadership Development Summit for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in Higher Education. To keep up with upcoming TIE content, subscribe to the TIE newsletter.
TIE Preview of Upcoming Reads on Race and Ethnicity, 2025
This month, TIE presents forthcoming titles on race and ethnicity in diverse contexts. Given the tremendous outpouring of titles submitted in response to the call for this list, we have broken it up by geography. Our hope is that this will help readers seek out those titles most relevant to their personal or research interests. With so much discussion in the news regarding diversity, it is more important than ever to remind ourselves of the nuances pertaining to diverse identities and how ethnically and racially diverse communities all contribute to flourishing societies. As such, these titles are sure to interest anyone seeking to learn more about race across contexts and all those committed to honoring diversity. Check out the list of upcoming reads.
TIE Talks with Linh Thủy Nguyễn
This TIE Talks interview features Linh Thủy Nguyễn, associate professor of American ethnic studies; adjunct associate professor of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies; and faculty associate in the Center for Southeast Asia and its Diasporas and the Harry Bridges Labor Center at the University of Washington. In this interview, she discusses her book Displacing Kinship, which explores how second-generation Vietnamese Americans contend with intergenerational trauma rooted in the legacies of the Vietnam War alongside the racism they experience as part of immigrant families attempting to assimilate into American life. Read the interview with Linh.
TIE Talks with Kalindi Vora
This TIE Talks features Kalindi Vora, Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, and American Studies with an affiliate appointment in History of Science and Medicine at Yale University. As her titles suggest, Kalindi’s research sits at the intersections between science, technology, medicine, and inequality. Her projects include applying disability justice practices to studies of chronic illness, the ethics of the surrogacy process in India, and understanding bias in artificial intelligence tools. In this interview, Kalindi discusses the utility of interdisciplinary scholarship, updates on her fascinating research, and the importance of mentorship in academia. Read the interview with Kalindi.
Reflecting on a Leadership Development Summit for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in Higher Education at UC Berkeley
As May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) co-hosted a leadership development summit on April 2 in anticipation. The summit brought together leaders in higher education, including university, college, and community college administrators, students, educators, researchers, and state and federal policymakers to listen and to discuss AANHPI’s myriad experiences, from progress to challenges, in higher education. Read the blog post.
The Korean American Digital Archive (KADA)
We’re highlighting our latest feature for TIE‘s readers on the Korean American Digital Archive (KADA) with Kenneth Klein, Ph.D., Emeritus Librarian at the University of Southern California. Throughout the conversation, Kenneth details the background behind KADA and the significance of its timeline dating from 1903 to 1965. Kenneth explains KADA’s digitization process, the value of preserving oral histories, and how the archive seeks to broaden people’s understanding of Korean experiences in the United States. Read the interview on the Korean American Digital Archive (KADA).
Review of the Week
Each week Choice highlights a review that addresses a topical issue, event, or holiday—or simply, a review we believe deserves more attention. These reviews include titles on Asian American environmentalism and South Asian women’s fiction.
Forthcoming Academic Titles
Forthcoming Titles gathers the latest and soon-to-be-released publications in select disciplines. This list centers on upcoming titles in Asian and Asian American Studies.
Forthcoming Titles in Asian & Asian American Studies, 2024
Outstanding Academic Titles
Outstanding Academic Titles is Choice’s premier editorial franchise of the best titles of the year. Published each December, the list is separated into unique categories and previewed for collection development purposes or personal reading pleasure. These selections pertain to Asian Studies.
Outstanding Academic Titles 2024: Asian Studies (Added 5/9/25)
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Check out last year’s round-up.
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