In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

Rick Bonus
pp. v-vi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956755
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Gary Y. Okihiro and Asian American Studies

Moon-Ho Jung, Mary Ting Yi Lui
pp. 1-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956756
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Section 1: Scholarship

Theorizing Liberation and Liberating Theory: Learning from Gary Okihiro

George Lipsitz
pp. 11-26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956757
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Gary Y. Okihiro and Japanese American History

Eiichiro Azuma
pp. 27-35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956758
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The Boundless Sea: Gary Y. Okihiro and the Reimagining of Asian American Studies

Courtney Sato
pp. 37-49
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956759
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Island Worlds

Aanchal Saraf
pp. 51-59
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956760
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Section 2: Teacher and Mentor

An Ode to Gandalf

Susie J. Pak
pp. 61-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956761
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A Dying Liberalism (or, Gary Okihiro's Beast Mode)

Dylan Rodríguez
pp. 65-68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956762
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Gary Okihiro, Citizen of the World

Dorothy Fujita-Rony
pp. 69-72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956763
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For Gary Okihiro

Thomas Y. Fujita-Rony
pp. 73-75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956764
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Gary Okihiro: Mentor, Fellow Traveler, Scholar

Martin F. Manalansan IV
pp. 77-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956765
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Lessons

A. Naomi Paik
pp. 81-86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956766
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Remembering Gary Okihiro

Elda Tsou
pp. 87-89
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956767
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Forging Community and Connections in Morningside Heights

Kathleen López
pp. 91-94
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956768
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Lessons from My Teacher

Manu Karuka
pp. 95-97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956769
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Pineapples as Possibilities: Remembering Gary Okihiro's Third World Vision

Gavriel Cutipa-Zorn
pp. 99-101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956770
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Dear Gary

Janis Jin
pp. 103-106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956771
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"Stay Well, Make History, and Thrive"

Amelia Davidson
pp. 107-109
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956772
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Section 3: Institution Builder and Critic

From Margins to Mainstream: Scholarship and Institutional Building

John M. Liu
pp. 111-115
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956773
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Gary Okihiro: Contributions to Early Developments of the Association for Asian American Studies and Its Journal, JAAS

Shirley Hune
pp. 117-120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956774
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Remembering Gary Y. Okihiro: The Early Years of AAAS

Gail M. Nomura
pp. 121-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956775
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In Memory of Gary Okihiro

Stephen Sumida
pp. 125-126
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956776
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Gary Okihiro and Asian American Studies at Cornell

The Asian American Studies Program at Cornell University
pp. 127-129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956777
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Remembering Gary: Navigating Waters

John Cheng
pp. 131-134
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956778
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Multiracial Struggle at the Heart of American Studies Scholarship

George J. Sánchez
pp. 135-137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956779
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Formations and Crossings of a Life: A Tribute to Gary Okihiro

Sandhya Shukla
pp. 139-143
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956780
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Comrades

Naoko Shibusawa
pp. 145-148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956781
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Gary Okihiro, Unsettled

Pawan Dhingra
pp. 149-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956782
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Contributors

pp. 153-157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaas.2025.a956783
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