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Welcome to De Anza College!
Below are the classes that I usually teach each year. Aside from teaching, for the last three years I worked on an exciting project called IMPACT AAPI, a collection of initiatives designed especially to support under-served Asian American and Pacific Islander students in reaching their educational goals at De Anza and beyond. In fall of 2008, De Anza College was one of six colleges/universities in the country awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's new federal grant program: AANAPISI. The aim of the federal grant was to strengthen the college as an institution so that it better serves under-served student populations. IMPACT AAPI was launched with support from the grant.
After a successful three years, the grant ended in Sept 2011. You can check out what we accomplished here...click on the Final Report below:
 
Since then, the great news is that De Anza has been awarded another AANAPISI grant to continue its work in ensuring student success. This grant award is for five years, 2011-2016. See the award announcement: http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-awards-395-million-grants-support-institutions-serving-asian-american.
To learn more about IMPACT AAPI 2.0, click here: IMPACT AAPI Web site. ~~~~~~
Classes I teach ...
ICS 4: Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality (offered Win 2012)
(try this if you're interested in issues of social stratification and policy)
ICS 9: Studying Race and Ethnicity: Theories and Methods (offered Win 2012)
(try this is you like to observe and interpret the everyday world around you) ICS 20: Asian American Experiences in History
(try this if you like to see how the present can be understood through the past)
The Youth Leadership Academy Program of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APALI) in the summer. This is an 8 unit, 14-day,  intensive class that introduces you to ideas and practices of leadership, community empowerment, and the local Asian American population. Try this if you want to meet great people, develop your leadership skills, and have a lot of fun all at the same time. Go to www.svapali.org to learn more and register.
I hope to see you in one of the IMPACT AAPI programs or in one my ICS classes!
Mae Lee
Intercultural Studies Department
408-864-8973
Intercultural / International Studies Division  Here I am in front of Ebenezer Baptist Church
in Atlanta where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(as well as his father and grandfather) served as pastor.
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For thought...check these out..
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Arizona ban against ethnic studies ... Mexican American Studies found in violation...