Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY

The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), of The City University of New York (CUNY), is a university-wide scholarly research and resource center that focuses on policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans. It covers four areas: Asian American Studies; East Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; and Trade & Technology Studies.

The Asian American / Asian Research Institute seeks to achieve the following:

• to be an Asian intellectual and cultural center that addresses the  needs of New York's diverse ethnic subgroups of Asian origin
• to be a respected authority regionally, nationally, and internationally, on issues concerning Asia, and the Asian American community
• to stimulate the study of Asian people, languages, cultures, and countries as well as Asian immigrants and their descendants who live in the U.S.
• to bring together a community of scholars and channel their scholarship and research energies on Asia and the Asian American experience
• to identify timely issues that affect the Asian and Asian American communities
• to conduct scholarly, unbiased studies impacting policy and community concerns
• to disseminate its research results and educate the public about  Asian and Asian American issues
• to serve as a bridge between CUNY, and the Asian American community