A thaw in China-US diplomatic relations? We can only hope
In this newspaper column, Loyola Marymount University Professor Tom Plate sees a potential warming of cold relations between the two nations.
Singapore, Reluctant U.S.-China Go-Between, Should Continue to Be Useful to Both
Dismissed by some for its size, Singapore boasts a strategic location, high GDP, and a demonstrated ability to work with China, writes Tom Plate, LMU professor of Asian and Asian American studies and vice…
APAM Student in the News
Jenica Rose Garcia is a senior at LMU, who will be graduating this spring with a major in Animation and a minor in Asian Pacific American Studies. Jenica was recently interviewed by the website…
Reflections on Being Mixed, but Not Mixed Up
By Curtiss Takada Rooks, Ph.D., assistant professor, Asian and Asian American Studies Department My mother was Japanese. My father was Black (African American). My father was Black. My mother was Japanese. I am Black….
Virtual Classroom Connects Students Across the Pacific
While spring semester study abroad and global immersion trips have been canceled due to the ongoing pandemic, Tom Plate, clinical professor and Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific studies, is continuing to facilitate cross-cultural…
Sparking a Human Rights Mission
Sometimes things happen because of hard work and planning; other times, they happen by mistake. Both of these took place for Sam Baron, a 2019 graduate of the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts….
Meditations on Memory and Cambodia
“Can you tell me what tomorrow is, Hanun?” asks Teacher Mike, raising one eyebrow at the boy to indicate he had seen him fooling around with another classmate moments before. “Remembrance Day!” he replies….
