A/P/A Studies Program and A/P/A Institute were founded together in 1996 after a group of ambitious and dedicated students, faculty and staff at NYU lobbied the administration for a program and place they could call their own. Indeed, we would not be here today — offering an A/P/A Studies major and minor, hiring and supporting faculty and staff, providing public events and programming, and building a major research archive — had it not been for these students who we proudly call our alumni.

We want to hear from you — whether you majored/minored in A/P/A, took a class, attended an event, or just never got a chance to do any of the above but want to get involved now. So email us at apa.alum@nyu.edu with any updates, questions, suggestions, or news you want to share, and complete our alumni form in order to be included in our database.

We look forward to seeing and hearing from you at an upcoming event!

The A/P/A offered me a cross-cultural education through dialogue in the classroom, unlimited resources and materials and many exciting explorations both physically and mentally.By visiting the National Archive in NYC in search of historical immigration information, I became inspired to explore the lives of 21 deceased Asian women. My research at the National Archive, in conjunction with my studies at A/P/A under Jack Tchen, have allowed me to learn about past and present Asian culture and Asia's relationship with the United States. Through my photography, I am now inspired to influence positive social and political change, eliminating prejudice and bias. I am eternally grateful for my experience at A/P/A.

—Dana Buckley, Photographer and 2007 Gallatin/NYU Masters Graduate

As one of the student activists who lobbied extensively for the A/P/A Studies Program and Institute, I’m proud of the incredible progress that the program and institute has made over the past ten years. Studying about the A/P/A experience went from one class offered once a year to a robust undergraduate program with a major and minor. I still remember the collaborative effort that made this all possible - working tirelessly with other student groups and with key University staff and faculty. As the Vice-President of the NYU Alumni Association and Chair of the NYU Multicultural Alumni committee, I have taken the experiences from my A/P/A student activism to continue to work collaboratively with University staff and administration to address the needs of our multicultural alumni and to increase the participation of all NYU alumni in University affairs and multicultural community initiatives.

—Ronald Rapatalo, Vice-President of the NYU Alumni Association and Chair of the NYU Multicultural Alumni Commitee