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| | Economist, Historian to Head Latino, Asian-American Studies. Columbia University Record, September 12, 1997 |
 | | Along with the Institute for African American Studies and American Studies, Latino and Asian American Studies will comprise the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race, envisioned in the February 1997 report of the President's Advisory Committee on Ethnic Studies, chaired by Ruggles Professor of Political Science Ira Katznelson. |
 | | Okihiro, professor of history and director of Asian American Studies at Cornell, will begin his official term as director in Fall 1998, but this year he will be involved in a search for a junior faculty member. |
 | | Okihiro described being named Columbia's first director of Asian American Studies as "an opportunity not to be missed," because of the university's "impact regionally, nationally, and globally." In a conversation late last week, Okihiro complimented the students who have worked and advocated for ethnic studies. |
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