This class will introduce students to the role of theory and methodology in Asian American Studies. We will examine how Asian American Studies has been constituted as an interdisciplinary field of study in the last three decades, including the many interventions and contestations within the field that have transformed the discipline in recent years. Topics to be examined will include diasporic culture, political mobilization, narrative and memory, immigration, race, and gender. This introduction to Asian American Studies likely will be useful for students who are preparing for their graduate exams or investigating different dissertation topics, as well as for those who are writing dissertations or developing research and teaching fields for their future careers.