Purpose
The APIA Advisory Committee is a longstanding group, contributing to the diversity of the campus community since 1990. Its founders initiated the development of the Asian American Studies Program, advocated for the collection and review of data for this population, and supported the Asian American Scholarship. The purpose of the committee is to focus attention on matters of curriculum, student success, and services that meet the needs of APIA students. It also serves to support APIA faculty, staff, and campus and outer communities.
Type: Operational
Reports to: Academic Senate
Meets: Third Friday of the Month, 11:30 am to 1 pm | View Agendas & Minutes
Goals
- To review and share current campus research available on the APIA population; to communicate needs of APIA students to the campus and to the community; to identify what resources or programs exist on campus for this population; to identify ways to share relevant information with APIA students and the APIA community.
Membership
2025-2026
Tri-Chairschevron_right
| Jennifer Derilo | Tri-Chair | Professor, English |
| Patricia (Trish) Guevarra | Tri-Chair | Associate Professor, Counseling |
| Ranmali Rodrigo | Tri-Chair | Professor, English |
Administrative Representativechevron_right
| Vacant | Representative | |
| Vacant | Representative |
Faculty and Managerschevron_right
| Grace Aumoeualogo | Representative | Professor, Counseling |
| Tassanee Chitcharoen | Representative | Associate Professor, Library |
| Katilin Choi | Representative | Associate Professor, Work Based Learning |
| Sean A. Flores | Representative | Associate Professor, Library |
| Vera Hanaoka | Representative | Associate Professor, Japanese |
| Gloria Kim | Representative | Associate Professor, History |
| Ly Tran | Representative | Assistant Professor, Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Studies |
| Leland Simpliciano | Representative | AANAPISI Program Activity Manager and Grant Director |
| Jaye Van Kirk | Representative | Professor, Pyschology |
| Mike Williams | Representative | Associate Professor, Biology |
Classified Professionalschevron_right
| Laila Kamar | Representative | Student Services Assistant, Counseling & AANHPI SAP |
| Ruth San Filippo | Representative | Administrative Assistant IV, School of Arts & Languages |
| Thieny Trinh | Representative | Research Analyst, Institutional Research |
Agendas and Minutes
2025 - 2026chevron_right
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