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I don\u2019t think that it was a great public issue,\u0022 she said at a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-05-06T10:20:27-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/06\/2024-10:20am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Students in the ASU Humanities Lab course \u0026quot;Guns, Art-making, and Truth\u0026quot; recently presented their research on gun culture to an intergenerational audience at an event held at Arizona State University\u0026#039;s senior living retirement community center, Mirabella. 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The course\u2019s section on racial identity and assimilation piqued her interest, and in a moment of realization, Galarrita knew she wanted to contribute to her Filipino\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-04-09T09:42:08-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/09\/2024-9:42am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU Assistant Professor Mariam Galarrita is introducing a new way for students to expand their knowledge of Asian American Literature this fall. ENG 332: No Place Like Home: Trauma and Asian American Lit will investigate the racial and ethnic dynamics in this genre through literature and culture.","teaser":"Mariam Galarrita was working on her early modern English literary dissertation when she took an Asian American literature seminar.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-04\/image0.jpeg?itok=dfl-OYFR","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240409-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-english-professor-looks-fill-gaps-filipino-history","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Neely","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-04\/image0.jpeg?itok=dfl-OYFR","image_alt":"Black-and-white portrait of Mariam Galarrita. 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