Shawn Wong, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ English professor and longtime advocate for Asian American literature, has received the 2021 Stand UP Award from the Association of University Presses.


Shawn Wong, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ English professor and longtime advocate for Asian American literature, has received the 2021 Stand UP Award from the Association of University Presses.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student Zoe Mikuta’s first book, “Gearbreakers,â€� is set to come out June 29. Categorized in the young adult genre, it tells the story of Eris and Sona, who live under a tyrannical regime enforced by 100-foot-tall mecha robots. She’s sold the film rights to “Gearbreakersâ€� and is currently working on its sequel.

New books by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty members include children’s works profiling STEM researchers and a personal memoir of an immigrant’s journey to freedom. Also, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press remembers a century of publishing, and a book on British colonialism is honored.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ English professor Shawn Wong discusses his Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press book series. “We’re interested in all Asian American authors, particularly classic works that have gone out of print. We are open to anything — fiction, poetry and nonfiction,” Wong said. “But we’re also interested in new works.”

A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley’s evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns … Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty in the last year — and a reminder of some recent favorites. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book “The Code:…

Joy Williamson-Lott, dean of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Graduate School and a professor of education, has been honored for her 2018 book “Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order.”

Frances McCue discusses “Mary Randlett Portraits,” a new book from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press she created with the well-known Northwest photographer.