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Advisory Board

Left to right: Angela Rola, Roger Buckley, Norman Ikari, Lawson Inada, Fe Delos-Santos, Kyoko Ikari commemorate Japanese American Internment with poetry, jazz and camaraderie in the Jorgensen Gallery.

Dr. Saud Anwar

93 Rockledge Dr.
South Windsor, Ct 06074
(860)478-2992
Email: S.Anwar@Sbc.Global.Net

Susan Asai

55 Forest Street
Malden, Ma 02148
(781)321-0516 Home
(617)373-4709 Work
Email: S.Asai@Neu.Edu

Roger N. Buckley

Founding Director, Aasi
Professor of History, UConn

354 Mansfield Road
Storrs, Ct 06269-2091
(860)486-4751
Email: Roger.Bucklet@Uconn.Edu



Roger N. Buckley is Professor of History and the Founding Director of the Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. The recipient of several distinguished research rewards, his numerous books and journals articles have been published in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, the Netherlands, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

Michael Ego

Associate Vice Provost

UCONN - Stamford Campus
One University Place
Stamford, Ct 06901
(203)251-8406
Email: Michael.Ego@Uconn.Edu

Betty Hanson

International Relations

University of Connecticut
341 Mansfield Road
Storrs, Ct 06269-2186
(860)486-2534
Email: Betty.Hanson@Uconn.Edu



Dr. Hanson is the Director of the India Studies Program, and she teaches courses on South Asia. She has received two Fulbright awards to India. Her current research focuses on the political economy of the Internet in India and more generally on the impact of new information and communication technologies on world politics.

Jack Hasegawa

Chief, Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction

Connecticut State Department of Education
P.O. Box 2219 Room 360
Hartford, Ct 06145-2219
(860) 713-6769
Email: Jack.Hasegawa@ct.gov



Jack Koichi Hasegawa supervises two units within the Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction at the State Department of Education. He was Chief of the Bureau of Educational Equity and served as a member of the Sheff Office. He was a member of the NCATE Board of Examiners and coordinator of Teacher Preparation Program Approval for Connecticut.

William A. Howe

Education Consultant

Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Choice Programs 
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Tel:  860-807-2031/ Fax: 860- 807-2195
Email: William.Howe@Ct.Gov



William A. Howe, Ed. D., is the education consultant for multicultural education, gender equity and civil rights at the Connecticut State Department of Education. Dr. Howe founded the New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME), and served as Past-President of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), based in Washington, D.C. He is on the boards of several organizations including the Asian Pacific American Coalition of CT (APAC).

Margo Machida

Associate Professor, Asian American Studies/Fine Arts

University of Connecticut
875 Coventry Road
Storrs, Ct 06269-1128
(860)486-3016
Email: Margo.Machida@Uconn.Edu

Bandana Purkayastha

Associate Professor of Asian American Studies/Sociology

University of Connecticut
Manchester Hall
344 Mansfield Road
Storrs, Ct 06269-2068
(860)486-3791
Email: Bandana.Purkayastha@Uconn.Edu

Christina Reardon

University of Connecticut
855 University Drive
Torrington, Ct 06790
(860)626-6812
Email: Tina.Reardon@Uconn.Edu

Angela Rola

Director Asian American Cltural Center

University of Connecticut
364 Fairfield Road
Storrs, Ct 06269-2186
(860)486-0830
Email: Angela.Rola@Uconn.Edu

Cathy Schlund-Vials

Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies/English

University of Connecticut
CLAS Building
215 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, Ct  06269-4098
(860) 486-3950
Email: Cathy.Schlund-Vials@Uconn.Edu



Cathy Schlund-Vials received her Ph.D. in English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she was honored with a campus-wide distinguished teaching award.  Her research and teaching specialties include Asian American literature, Asian American studies, genocidal narratives, immigrant literary production, memory studies, 20th-century multiethnic modern and contemporary literature, and Asian American cultural production. She is working on a book-length project on Cambodian American genocidal remembrance in film, literature, and hip hop.

Shyamala Raman, Ph. D

Director of International Studies/Programs
Professor of Economics and International Studies

Saint Joseph College
1678 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, Ct 06117-2791
Email: Sraman@Sjc.Edu