Peggy Choy, Class of 1966

Peggy Choy is one of the founding faculty members of the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s Asian American Studies Program:

“We couldn’t be passive,” Choy recalls. “And we were outraged. At that point, it was the right time in a way, for solidarity and collectivity to occur, because it cannot occur all the time.”

Read about the program’s history: A (Re)Learned History. As it celebrates its 35th anniversary on campus, the Asian American Studies Program rediscovers its own rich history.