It’s Time to Recommit to Asian American Studies

Formerly among the NESCAC schools with the most resources for Asian American studies (AAS), Amherst College has fallen behind its peers. In the 2017-2018 academic year, Asian American students from Williams College reached out to members of Amherst’s AAS Working Group to learn about our activism and grow their own accordingly. Their photo campaign, “Williams Doesn’t Teach Me,” was modeled after and cited our “Amherst Doesn’t Teach Me” campaign, which highlighted the content missing from the coll