Announcements

We invite you to meet members of our leadership team and APAC members at APAC related and sponsored events during annual meetings of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Western Political Science Association (WPSA). Hope to see you there!

Nominations for Don T. Nakanishi Award 2025

On behalf of the Western Political Science Association, we are inviting nominations for the Don T. Nakanishi award, established by the WPSA in honor of one of the pioneers of the study of Asian American politics. The award is given for the best book on APA politics in the past year, and/or for outstanding service advancing the understanding or practice of Asian Pacific American politics. Please send your nominations to Claire Jean Kim at cjkim@uci.edu by December 10, 2025. 

Response to February 14, 2025 'Dear Colleague' Letter

Please see APAC's Statement on the February 14, 2025 'Dear Colleague' Letter. 

APSA 2025

Call for papers for panel: "US-China rivalry and Its Impact on Asian Americans" 

Siyu Liang, a PhD candidate at UCLA, and D.G. (Daegyeong) Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow for the Inequality in America Initiative at Harvard University (https://dg-kim.com/), are organizing a panel for APSA 2025 in Vancouver that highlights work on the impact of evolving US-China relations on people of Asian descent in the United States. Please reach out to Siyu and D.G. (dak110@ucsd.edu; sliang46@g.ucla.edu) if you have a research paper you would like to present and get feedback on as part of this panel next September. There are openings for three to four paper presenters, and Vivien Leung and D.G. Kim will be serving as discussants.