Association for Asian American Studies

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Association for Asian American Studies

Abbreviation	AAAS
Formation	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Type	501(c)3 organization
Tax ID no.	16-1456606
President	Martin Manalansan
Website	www.aaastudies.org

The Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) is a professional organization promoting teaching and research in Asian American studies. Its other goals including advocacy and representation on behalf of Asian-Americans and educating American society about the history of Asian American communities.^[1]

The AAAS includes within Asian-American studies the following "sub-components": "Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Hawai’ian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, and other groups."^[1]

AAAS was founded in 1979 as the Association for Asian/Pacific American Studies. The name was changed in 1982.^[2]