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A Statement Responding to Amy Wax’s Racist Comments Towards Asian Americans

January 27, 2022

On December 24, 2021, Amy Wax, a Law Professor at the University of Pennsylvania made racist comments in public towards Asian and Asian-American communities, which was in Conversation with Brown University Professor Glenn Loury on the Glenn Show. On January 5, 2022, Amy Wax responded the overwhelming criticisms of her words. She further made worse racist remark: “… I think the United States is better off with fewer Asians and less Asian immigration”.

We, the Asian American Scholar Forum, give our statement to express our strong disagreement of her racist comments.

Open Letter to Dr. Eric Lander Re: NSPM-33

November 9, 2021

In November 2021, AASF sent the following letter to Dr. Eric Lander, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President, to express the importance of open science and academic freedom, and to submit our comments regarding the implementation of National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 (NSPM-33), “Presidential Memorandum on United States Government Support Research and Development National Security Policy.”

Call for Your support on Open Letters to End “China Initiative”

October 22, 2021

Dear Colleagues: We, the members of the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), call for your support of several open letters to end the “China Initiative”.

AASF commemorates the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

September 11, 2021

September 11, 2021 Twenty years ago today, evil attacked America. A total of 2,977 people were killed when nineteen terrorists hijacked four fuel-loaded US commercial

Open Letter to Judge Varlan to Dismiss the Anming Hu Case

September 7, 2021

On September 3rd, 2021, AASF sent the following letter to Judge Thomas A. Varlan, expressing our grave concern about the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s initial prosecution and subsequent decision to seek a retrial of Dr. Anming Hu, a former professor at the University Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK).

AASF to Cohost Webinar With APS on Immigration and Science

September 7, 2021

On Friday, September 17, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET, AASF will cosponsor the webinar “Effects of Federal Immigration Policy on US Science and All Scientists” with the American Physical Society.

Margaret Lewis, Brian Sun, and Peter Zeidenberg Join the Legal Advisory Council of Asian American Scholars Forum

August 13, 2021

AASF is delighted to announce that Margaret Lewis, Brian Sun, and Peter Zeidenberg have joined the AASF Legal Advisory Council. The Council will advise AASF to build a network of attorneys experienced in defending Asian American scholars, and to stimulate dialogues among scholars, university administrators, government officials, and the general public.

Open Letter: Call for immediate reinstatement of Prof. Anming Hu’s tenure

July 9, 2021

AASF respectfully urges Chancellor Donde Plowman to reinstate Prof. Anming Hu’s tenured faculty position at the University Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) and back-pay his full salary and benefits.

AASF Statement for Congressional Roundtable—Researching While Chinese American: Ethnic Profiling, Chinese American Scientists and A New American Brain Drain

June 29, 2021

AASF submitted the following statement for the Congressional Roundtable on June 30, 2021: “Researching while Chinese American: Ethnic Profiling, Chinese American Scientists and a New