Cold War Computations and Imitation Games: Recalibrating the Origins of Asian American Studies

Cathy J. Schlund-Vials is Professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin; she is also the president-elect of the American Studies Association. Prior to these recent appointments, Schlund-Vials served as the Associate Dean for Humanities, Undergraduate Affairs, and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. In addition to numerous articles, book chapters, and edited collections, she is author of two monographs: Modeling Citizenship: Jewish and Asian American Writing (Temple University Press, 2011) and War, Genocide, and Justice: Cambodian American Memory Work (University of Minnesota Press, 2012). She is presently completing a book-length project focused on the institutionalized rise and fall of ethnic, gender, and sexuality studies in higher education.