The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) has announced that Professor Ava Chin of the College of Staten Island and the CUNY Graduate Center is a recipient of the esteemed Betty Lee Sung Research Endowment Fund. This endowment, established by AAARI co-founder and City College of New York Professor Emerita Betty Lee Sung, aims to support scholarly research pertinent to Asian American and Asian diaspora studies.
Professor Chin, a fifth-generation Chinese American New Yorker, is renowned for her award-winning memoir, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming (2023), a PEN/Open Book Finalist and ALA Notable book, which delves into the profound effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act on her family. Her forthcoming project will further explore the enduring impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on multiple generations of her family in New York City’s Chinatown, particularly focusing on the 1950s through the 1970s. Read more...