This thought-provoking, informative, and pioneering book will become the standard text on the subject for many years to come. Readers will enjoy the inclusive approach the editor took in selecting the writers and the topics for the volume, while maintaining rigorous standards.

Don T. Nakanishi, UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Sparkling. . . . [the book] brings to the table a feast of ideas both practical and theoretical. . . . A fine collection of essays that will prove useful to Asian American studies instructors at colleges and universities across the country and the disciplines.

Amerasia

Provides a rare opportunity to observe the inner workings of a field of study . . . those seeking to better understand how to incorporate ethnic studies into their own courses will find in this book a resource rich in ideas and a practicality based upon actual experience.

David Yoo, Claremount McKenna College, Ethnic Studies

A thoughtful and thought-provoking collection of essays in which veterans and newcomers to Asian American studies reflect on their practice. . . . The authors are remarkably candid in their consideration of how their identities (ethnicity, gender, sexuality, generation, class, politics) have influenced their ideas about Asian American studies as well as their teaching strategies.

Anthropology & Education Quarterly

This is a magnificent collection of essays in which the authors wrestle with the multiple issues-pedagogical, philosophical, ethical, political, and sociopsychological-related to the design and teaching of Asian American Studies courses. Written with stunning honesty by experienced as well as novice teachers, these thoughtful meditations remind us that, as envisioned by the field's founders thirty years ago, the twin goals of Asian American Studies must remain the transformation of the academy and the promotion of social justice.

Sucheng Chan, University of California, Santa Barbara

This book raises the primary and provoking question of why (not just how) do we teach what we teach.

Teaching Theology & Religion