UMass Boston

Since 1994, the Institute for Asian American Studies has been providing grant funding to faculty, graduate students, and other researchers who conduct studies on Asian American issues. The fellows and affiliates are expected to present their research at a public forum at UMass Boston and/or to produce a scholarly manuscript.

2026

Aashika Anantharaman
Ph.D. student, Counseling Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
"Examining the Mental Health, Relational, and Cultural Aftermath of Gender Based Violence Among South Asian Diasporic Women in the U.S."

Sahar Badiezadeh
Ph.D. student, Global Governance and Human Security
McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
"Capabilities Under Constraint: Immigration Policies and the Lived Wellbeing of Highly Educated Immigrants in the U.S."

Kent Jason Cheng
Assistant Professor, Gerontology
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
"Capturing the Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare Utilization Among Asian Americans in Massachusetts and Beyond Using CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System."

Suisui Wang
Assistant Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
College of Liberal Arts
"Going Out and Coming Home: Queer Asian Placemaking and Homemaking in Boston."

Jeremy Lee Wolin
Independent Scholar, Architecture and Urban History
"Constructing Affordable Housing in Chinatown in the Era of Community Development."