Dr. Abraham Verghese, whose 1994 memoir, My Own Country, reflected on his experiences treating HIV/AIDS patients in Tennessee during the 1980s, and how his identity as an outsider shaped his medical and emotional connection to them.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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