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  • New center for American Intercultural Studies combines ethnic studies programs


  • Four ethnic studies programs in Iowa State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will form the basis of the new Center for American Intercultural Studies on campus.

    The four programs that will comprise the new Center are American Indian Studies, African American Studies, Asia American Studies and U.S. Latino/a Studies.

    "The Center will combine the best of the intercultural studies approach with the best of the more traditional models found at Midwestern universities," said Michael Whiteford, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

    Each program will continue to have its own curricula at the undergraduate minor level and will collaborate and operate together in offering common introductory and capstone courses in an interdisciplinary major in American Intercultural Studies.

    "The Center will also assist students and faculty in exploring and fulfilling their potential as educated members of a global and multicultural community," Whiteford said.

    Eugene Matibag, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, has been named the interim director of the Center, which will be housed in Carver Hall. Matibag will continue to serve as director of the Asian American Studies Program.

    Hector Avalos, associate professor of philosophy and religious studies, is the director of U.S. Latino/a Studies. Sidner Larson, associate professor of English, is the director of American Indian Studies.

    A search is currently underway to fill the position of African American Studies director. J. Herman Blake, professor of sociology and educational leadership and policy studies and that program's current director, is retiring at the end of the academic year.

Eugenio Matibag in office

Eugenio Matibag
Air Force Aerospace Studies - Anthropology - Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology - Chemistry - Computer Science
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology - Economics - English - Genetics, Development & Cell Biology - Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication - History - Mathematics - Military Science - Music - Naval Science
Philosophy & Religious Studies - Physics and Astronomy - Political Science - Psychology - Sociology - Statistics - World Languages & Cultures
African American Studies - American Indian Studies - Biological/Premedical Illustration - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Classical Studies - Communication Studies - Criminal Justice Studies - Environmental Science - Environmental Studies - Interdisciplinary Studies
International Studies - Liberal Studies - Linguistics - Software Engineering - Speech Communication - U.S. Latino/a Studies - Women's Studies