Instructor Description

Instructor Requirements
Willingness to act as facilitator and not as active professor/instructor is a must.
Knowledge of labor studies is a priority.
Knowledge of labor studies in the context of Asian Americans is preferable.

Instructor description
Hired professor/instructor will act as facilitator to the students and to the pre-arranged student constructed syllabus. Because students are in charge of their own facilitations and run class discussions about the readings, there will be almost no lecturing by the instructor. The professor/instructor will guide and collaborate with students. The instructor will additionally be responsible for events and activities that may be outside of the scheduled class time.

Grading for Next Year

Grading
Attendance 10%
Participation 20%
Facilitation 20% --10% graded by class, 10% graded by partner(s)

Assignments
Blog 10%
Creative Project 10% -- A project related to labor issues. Can be events, engagement, presentations, etc.
Syllabus and Reader 20%
Response Paper to Creative Project 10% -- Graduate 6 pages, Undergraduate 3 pages

Tony Osumi Workshop

Art and Activism Workshop
with Tony Osumi

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
7pm - 8:30pm @ SOCA Lounge

RSVP to Kim (limited to 20 participants)

Next Year Course Description (Draft)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course surveys labor issues, with a focus on Asian Americans. The course combines historical context with contemporary labor issues and a range of specific industry examples to provide students with a broad understanding of the subject. There is a significant focus on the local Los Angeles area, but the course also covers broader issues.

This course will encourage students to engage with local Asian American labor issues, mobilization, and organizations. Guest speakers and workshops will contribute significantly to the course content.

Additionally, students will collaborate to create the next year’s ASAM 187 course topic and syllabus.

Suggestions for Next Year's ASAM 187

Presenter Responsibilities:

- Briefly meet with other presenter and the instructor after class the week before to discuss presentation topic and suggested references

- You are encouraged to discuss your presentation with the other presenter

- With the other presenter, think of a few questions to stimulate discussion

- Try to think of some questions you expect to be asked by the class

- Submit a short synopsis of your presentation and suggested reference article(s) to instructor by noon on Friday for the class announcement

- Prepare a “Fact sheet” to hand out during discussion

- You can include a summary of the main points, facts and figures, or anything else

you think people might want to refer to during the discussion

Presenter Guidelines:

- Try to include references from peer reviewed or other reputable sources in addition to newspapers (although you may use mass media to illustrate a common opinion)

- You are not expected to argue things that you know are untrue

- Please cite your sources

- Try to make your presentation accessible to audience members outside of your field

- Try to stay within the time limit

- Give an introduction to the issues, or choose a subtopic to discuss in detail

Syllabus To Do List

Everyone has a task!!!!

Put the readings together – Nancy
Put the syllabus together – Jessica
Create Blog (with initial “we wish we knew” posting) – Natty
Blog Use Instructions/Suggestions – Allison
Instructor info/role description sheet – Junko
Preliminary Course Description – Kim
Pedagogical Statement – Emily R and Emily W
*Course Assignment Descriptions (with grade breakdown, without weekly presenter instructions, without blog instructions) – Lynette and Shara
Weekly Presenter Instructions – Cheukwa

*examples: # of mandatory field trips (ex: May Day March!), thought journals, blogs

Email Jessica Reading Citations, Email Nancy the Readings

hey everyone-- below are the finalized weeks for next year's class. Please email JESSICA the CITATION of your readings (NO description) along with the week number that it goes under. Email it to jwen@hmc.edu no later than SUNDAY evening (before 5pm). If you have speakers/films/optional readings, include those as well. citations only!!

Then, email Nancy ELECTRONIC copies of the readings and CLEARLY indicate which WEEK NUMBER your reading is for!

WEEK 1: Welcome!
WEEK 2: Asian American Labor Issues: General Overview and Pedagogy
WEEK 3: History of Asian American Labor (Allison)
WEEK 4: Filipino Farmworkers and the UFW (Natty)
WEEK 5: Organizing the Asian American Labor Movement – The Role of Unions (Jessica)
WEEK 6: Effect of Socioeconomic Factors on Asian American Labor (Junko, Cheukwa, Jessica)
WEEK 7: Local Asian Americans and Labor: A Historical Perspective (Junko)
WEEK 8: Spring Break!!
WEEK 9: The Impact of Globalization on Domestic Laborers (Cheukwa)
WEEK 10: Asian Americans in the Sweatshop Industry (Emily W)
WEEK 11: Asian Americans in the LA Labor Movement (Emily)
WEEK 12: Transnationalism of Asian American Labor (Emily/Natty/others?)
WEEK 13: Immigration and Deportation Issues and Concerns, Proposing Action and Solutions (Kim)
WEEK 14: "The Trafficking Jam" - The Problem of Human Trafficking (Shara)
WEEK 15: The Greater Labor Movement (Lynette)