Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

This Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA & PI) Heritage Month, we honor the cultures, traditions, and contributions of AA & PI communities at UC Berkeley and beyond.

The term “AA & PI” encompasses dozens of ethnic groups, including over 25 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States and over 7 million in California. At UC Berkeley, this diversity is reflected in our campus community where almost 38% of students and almost 24% of staff identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander. UC Berkeley is proud to be designated as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) as part of its goal of supporting the diverse and complex needs of AA & PI students, faculty, and staff.

Since 2023, UC Berkeley is a designated Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), a federal recognition that both celebrates the presence and impact of our AA & PI communities and calls us to deepen our responsibility to invest in their success, expand culturally responsive resources, and advance equity through sustained, intentional action.

Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA & PI) Thriving Initiatives

AA & PI Thriving Initiatives exist to foster a more inclusive campus climate for students, staff, and faculty from Asian American, Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African backgrounds.

Learn more about the AA & PI Thriving Initiatives and the AANAPISI designation.

Student Resources

Faculty and Staff Resources

Task Forces/Advisory Bodies

Research, Centers, and Departments

Read and Watch

The Asian American and Pacific Islander Thriving Initiatives Fund
Support Fund

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2026

A message from leadership to the campus community.

Events

Recent past events

Research

AAPI Data is a leading research and policy organization producing accurate data to shift narratives and drive action toward enduring solutions for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. AAPI Data is based at UC Berkeley and regularly publishes surveys, demographic reports, and policy reports and provides strategic assistance to partners in community-serving nonprofits, government, media, and philanthropy.

Dr. Brian TaeHyuk Keum

Dr. Brian TaeHyuk Keum is an acting associate professor in Community Health Sciences at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. His research focuses on (a) mental and behavioral costs of online discrimination and violence (e.g., online racism, online heterosexism, online gendered racism), (b) Asian American mental health, socialization, and intersectional forms of discrimination (e.g., gendered racism, gendered racial microaggressions), and (c) multicultural and social justice-oriented psychotherapy science. Keum’s work examines culturally informed risk and protective factors related to suicide, as well as gendered racial socialization and pathways to affirmative socialization and flourishing mental health among Asian Americans. He also leads NIH-funded research developing culturally responsive digital mental health interventions and explores the use of digital storytelling to promote anti-racism advocacy and cross-racial solidarity.

Brian TaeHyuk ​Keum headshot with designs

Dr. Long Le-Khac

Dr. Long Le-Khac is an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the culture and literature of Asian Americans, Latinxs, and other racial minority communities. He studies the powers of culture to reveal related struggles and envision solidarities across different racial groups.

He is the author of Giving Form to an Asian & Latinx America. His recent work includes the development of a major dataset on Asian American literature, which uses digital humanities approaches to track the formation of the canon of Asian American literature and scrutinize its inequalities.

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