Hsu, Madeline

Dr. Madeline Hsu served as the director of the Center for Asian American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She details her research interests and her editorial work and speaks about the importance of Asian American studies as a field of study and the benefits to the university students enrolled in the program. She notes that Asian American students, particular Southeast Asians, are often underrepresented on university campuses. She speaks about the Vietnamese American course that was offered by the Center for Asian American studies and the importance of community histories like the oral history project undertaken by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation.

2013-05-17

Interviewer: Nancy Bui