This book, the first to focus wholly on Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Institutions (AANAPISIs) and their students, offers a corrective to misconceptions about these populations and documents student services and leadership programs, innovative pedagogies and collaborations across academic and student affairs.

Dina C. Maramba is an associate professor of higher education at Claremont Graduate University's School of Educational Studies. She was previously an assistant and associate professor of student affairs administration and affiliate faculty of Asian and Asian American studies at the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton.Maramba's research interests include access and success of underserved college student populations; Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Filipina/o Americans in higher education; equity, diversity, and social justice issues in higher education; the impact of college environments on students; and minority serving institutions. Her teaching areas have included foundations of student affairs in higher education, university diversity, access and retention in higher education, and Asian Pacific Americans in higher education.Maramba has worked more than 10 years as a practitioner and administrator in programs designed to increase the number of underrepresented students in higher education. Previously, she served as director of the Student Support Services TRIO program at the University of California, San Diego; as a resident director at both Colorado State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara; and as a coordinator of Upward Bound at Colorado State University. Timothy P. Fong is Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Sacramento. His research specialty areas include comparative race and ethnic relations, contemporary immigration, politics and public policy, community studies, higher education equity and student engagement, and qualitative methodology (ethnography and oral history).Dr. Fong is also the Project Director and Principal Investigator for the Full Circle Project (FCP) a project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. FCP is a comprehensive approach to implement a strategically focused, campus-wide effort to improve retention and graduation rates of underrepresented Asian American and

Foreword-Robert T. Teranishi Preface-Dina C. Maramba and Timothy P. Fong Introduction-Dina C. Maramba and Timothy P. Fong Part One. Student Service Programs 1. The Student Service Operation for Success Program for Asian American and American Pacific Islander Students-Meiling Hayama Wu-Winiarski, Kim Geron, Scott Miyake Geron, and Annie Hoang 2. Promising Outcomes in an Intervention Program in Higher Education. Academic and Social Shifts With Students in the Full Circle Project-Joshua Haro, Zachary T. Goodman, and Greg M. Kim-Ju 3. Transfer and Transform. Using Learning Communities to Support the Transition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Transfer Students-Jason Sumi 4. Career Development to Engage and Empower Asian American Students. The Evolution of Effective Programming-Jennifer Barone and Patricia Akemi Neilson Part Two. Critical and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 5. Exploring the Nexus of Student Development and Ethnic Studies Research. Conceptualizing Course Content and Practice for a First-Year Learning Community-James O. Fabionar 6. "Even though I am speaking Chinglish, I can still write a good essay". Building a Learning Community Through Critical Pedagogy and Translingual Practice-Charitianne Williams 7. Asian American Studies and AANAPISI Writing Initiatives-Pratna Kem, Sara Boxell, and Peter Nien-chu Kiang 8. AANAPISI Knowledge Coproduction. Digital Storytelling in Asian American Studies-Shirley Suet-ling Tang Part Three. Student Leadership Development 9. "Now I'm Able to Make a Difference". Teaching and Learning Critical Leadership Praxis for Asian American Students-Melissa Ann Canlas 10. Cultivating Leadership for Asian American Pacific Islander Students-Rikka Venturanza and Mai Nguyen 11. From Student to Scholar Perspective. Cultivating Asian American and Pacific Islander Student Leaders Through Cross-Campus and Community Collaborations-Chao Vang Part Four. Assessment and Cross-Campus Community Collaborations 12. Power in Partnerships. Racial Politics in Reciprocity and Transformation at an AANAPISI-Mae Lee and Rowena M. Tomaneng 13. Assessing Student Success. Rethinking the Role of Program Evaluation and Assessment Through Integrative, Multipronged Approaches-Su Jin Gatlin Jez, Connie Tan, andColleen Moore 14. Developing Leadership Skills Through University Cohort Programs-Sierra K. Dimberg, Rosalyn Sandoval, and Greg M. Kim-Ju Conclusion. The Future of AANAPISI. Challenges and Implications for Higher Education Institutions-Timothy P. Fong and Dina C. Maramba Appendix Editors and Contributors Index