From the Archives: 'Ethnic studies headquarters to move here'
[ Editor's note: At the end of the decade, Western Today is publishing articles from the past 10 years of FAST, the campus faculty/staff newsletter. This is one of those articles. Publication of FAST officially ended in the summer of 2009. It was replaced by Western Today. ]
This article first appeared in FAST on April 22, 2004The headquarters of the National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES) will be moving to Western.
The association, founded in 1972, provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars and activists concerned with the national and international dimensions of ethnicity. Its basic purpose is the promotion of activities and scholarship in the field of ethnic and cultural studies. For the past 10 years, the NAES home office has been housed at Arizona State University in Tempe.
The association serves as a forum to its members for promoting research, study, curriculum design and publications. Western will provide office space, as well as support through Fairhaven College and the Office of the President, for the NAES.
The NAES publishes The Ethnic Reporter, a twice-yearly newsletter that provides news on conferences and research opportunities to association members, and Ethnic Studies Review, a national journal that features work by leading scholars in the field of ethnic studies.