USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies

Congratulations to our Director Wei Menkus for receiving the “Innovation in Global Initiative” award!

We are so proud to celebrate this incredible achievement and recognize all of her hard work and passion for creating meaningful global opportunities for our students and campus!

Congratulations to our center's Faculty Co-chairs, Shan Wang and Roger Chen, for being awarded the IAG grant for their project, “Understanding Enterprise Adoption of AI Systems in the U.S.: Equity, Governance, and Responsible Organizational Transformation”.

Shan was also awarded another grant for a separate project, “Building Sustainable, Interdisciplinary Analytics Infrastructure for USF.”

We are so proud of their accomplishments and grateful to work alongside faculty whose research and leadership continue to make such a meaningful impact through the center. This post is a small celebration of all that they have achieved.

The Interdisciplinary Action Group (IAG) supports collaborative projects that reflect University of San Francisco’s commitment to justice, equality, and social responsibility while helping create a fairer and more sustainable future.

Congratulations to our Director Wei Menkus and Faculty Co-chair Liang Wang for receiving the Jesuit Foundation Immersion Accompaniment Grant to support our students on their Shanghai Immersion trip this summer!

We are so proud of their dedication and the hard work they continuously put into creating meaningful opportunities and experiences for our students.

We are so happy to celebrate the incredible programs, memories, and people that made this year so special at the Center for Asia Pacific Studies!

Congratulations to our graduates, we are so proud of all that you’ve accomplished and cannot wait to see where your journeys take you next 💚🎓

Congratulations to Jamie Andan and Sofia Gomez, our graduate student candidates for the 2026 Fulbright Taiwan Summer Internship!

Jamie is currently pursuing an MA in Professional Communication at USF, and Sofia is currently pursuing an MS in Applied Economics (4+1). They will represent the Center for Asia Pacific Studies as interns at the Fulbright Taiwan office in Taipei this summer. We are so excited to support them on this cross-cultural professional journey!

Stay tuned to hear more about their experience abroad!

Congratulations to our Asia Bridge Grad Fellows for presenting their research at CARD. We’re so proud of all the hard work they’ve put into their year-long research and presentations!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in support. Applications for our next cohort open in Fall 2026! ✨

Through the Center’s Asia Bridge Fellow Program, we’re training undergraduate and graduate students in the essentials of researching issues vital for our understanding of the Asia Pacific both historically and today. Fellows will emerge from the 9-month long program with skills that will help them succeed in their future careers—skills like research, data analysis, essay and report writing, and public speaking. They will also become part of a community of students and scholars that share a passion for Asia.

Congratulations to our Asia Bridge Junior Fellows for presenting their research at CARD. We’re so proud of all the hard work they’ve put into their year-long research and presentations!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in support. Applications for our next cohort open in Fall 2026! ✨

Through the Center’s Asia Bridge Fellow Program, we’re training undergraduate and graduate students in the essentials of researching issues vital for our understanding of the Asia Pacific both historically and today. Fellows will emerge from the 9-month long program with skills that will help them succeed in their future careers—skills like research, data analysis, essay and report writing, and public speaking. They will also become part of a community of students and scholars that share a passion for Asia.

Thank you to everyone who came out for our last talk of the semester, “The Fragile Dragon: Trade, Trump, and China’s Vulnerabilities,” with Ker Gibbs!

We’re grateful to Larry Greenwood for being part of such a thoughtful and timely conversation, and to our co-sponsors, The 1990 Institute and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, for their support.

Special thanks to Media Services for helping us livestream the event and to the USF Bookstore for selling copies of the featured books!

And a big shoutout to our student volunteers from the Global Student Ambassador Program (GSAP) for helping make the evening a success!

Thank you to everyone who came to our talk, “Strangers on Shore: Indians in East Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World,” with Nidhi Mahajan!

Thank you to everyone who came to our talk, “Chinese Foreign Policy and Implications for the U.S.,” with Frank Lavin!

Special thanks to Media Services for helping us livestream the event!

And a big thank you to the Department of Politics for co-sponsoring this talk!