• Group overviews, facilitators, questions
• Exploring Best Practices in Public Lands History
• Doing Queer History in a Hostile Political Climate
• AAPI Public History: Outcomes from the Past Year, Exploring International Opportunities
• Public Historians, Empathetic People: Building Humane Leadership and Work Cultures
• Creating a Peer-Review Clearinghouse for Public Historians
• Who is Missing in Public History Workspaces? Developing BIPOC Career Pathways
• Solid Succession: Considering Succession Planning and Institutional DNA at Historic Organizations
• Decolonial Approaches to America 250

AAPI Public History: Opportunities and Partnerships to Grow the Field

This working group welcomes ideas, comments and opportunities to expand Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) public history and review the state and future of AAPI public history. The initial discussants will briefly share their expertise, projects, past successes and ideas in the fields of museums, historic sites, academia, public history instruction, community partnerships, digital history, and cultural tourism. Attendees are encouraged to share their ideas, opportunities and partnerships to support a wide range of interests, histories, and priorities. Initial goals include an AAPI public history directory and enhanced networking.

Please note the link above will redirect to the most current iteration of the working group at the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Facilitators: Marian Carpenter, National Trust for Historic Preservation*
Priya Chhaya, National Trust for Historic Preservation*
Kristen Hayashi, Japanese American National Museum
Eric Hung, Music of Asian America Research Center
Andre Kobayashi Deckrow, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Selena Moon, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Lily Anne Tamai, California State University Channel Islands
Michael Yee – San Diego Miramar College, San Diego Chinese Historical Museum