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Welcome to the Asian Americans and STEM website! We are dedicated to promoting research, education, and wider scholarly and public communication at the intersection of humanities and STEM.

[Update] The interdisciplinary conference  Asian Americans and STEM 2026 was held on March 27, 2026. The meeting brought together scholars from the humanities and STEM fields who are actively engaged in exploring the history of race and racialization in their respective fields. Registration has been closed.

Please contact us via AsianAmSTEM@yale.edu.

News

New Article: Teaching the History of Computing across Asia/America: Computerization, Globalization, and Racialization

May 1, 2026
Dr. Yoehan Oh, a member of the Asian Americans and STEM initiative, recently contributed a chapter to Histories of Computing in Asia: IFIP WG 9.7 International Workshop on...

New Article: Making a Road For Science: Building Infrastructure and Doing Astronomy in Early Twentieth Century

December 18, 2025
Dr. Eun-Joo Ahn, a member of the Asian Americans and STEM initiative, recently published an article in Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences’ latest issue! Her article...

New Article: Re-remembering Benjamin Whisoh Lee, promoter of gauge theories

May 9, 2025
Dr. Eun-Joo Ahn, a member of the Asian Americans and STEM initiative, recently published an article in Physics Today! Her article is titled “Re-remembering Benjamin...
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