This event will be emceed by ASA Interim Co-Presidents Howard Kakita and Dr.

teaching at Humboldt State University and Santa Clara University.Senior Executive Editor Ken Wissoker says.

and much beloved senior scholar in the field of Asian American studies.Professor Okihiro was a distinguished.a professor at Columbia and Yale and a major figure in Asian American studies.

Okihiro was also a great friend of Duke University Press.He was part of the generation that not only established and expanded the field but also argued for Asian American studies to be a critical part of the academy.

where he taught a popular class on Third World studies.

to his own historical scholarship.The entire Japanese American community is starting from scratch.

with thousands of people living in dismal refugee camps while they struggle to find new houses and jobs in overcrowded Los Angeles.William Kent Krueger (The River We Remember).

For more information on the awards.Little Tokyo is rocked by a murder at the low-income hotel where the Watanabes have been staying.