Dr. Fong is a passionate teacher who truly cares about educating her students on the importance of Asian American history. Her course isn't overly difficult, but it does require a lot of reading. I stopped keeping up with the readings after the midterm, which didn't affect me much because the final was open note. I was able to use the readings during the final in order to find quotes and correctly cite things. So, make sure to stay on top of the assigned readings for the midterm. After that, you can slack off a bit if you need to. You can also just listen to the presentations for the assigned readings during the discussion.

She is strict on sharing her course content. For example, she closes her slides after a week, I think. In addition, she doesn’t allow any audio/video recordings, screenshots, or photos. So, make sure to take notes with the date and title. That’ll be very helpful to cite for the final. Her lectures are also basically a review of “The Making of Asian America: A History” by Erika Lee.

This class is a lot of work, but definitely worth it!
Weaknesses: I think that nearing the end, the readings get to be overwhelming when we are also expected to complete a very big group assignment. I understand that they were already reduced for this concern, but readings such as one that discussed the history of objects may have been cut to reduce the workload a little. Even reducing page numbers by selecting the most important pages may have been helpful. It was still manageable, but that was with one week having no readings and time to completely focus on the group project, and I'm unsure how I would've done without that week. Nevertheless, I have very little other complaints about this course and even this is like a nitpick and nothing that would dissuade me from taking the class again.
Strengths: by the end of the course, a whole research paper is completed. I think this is a great way to explore research, and even more incredible that it focuses on Asian Americans. There is also a focus on the decolonization of methodology, which I think is relevant especially to us as a research institution. Also, Dr. Fong is incredible. It almost makes me cry how much she truly cares. She fosters a great classroom environment, and makes an effort to connect with every single person, even in a class with twenty five people. She reads every piece of work submitted and gives proper feedback, which is very very rare in other classes. I learned so so much from her and also my peers taking this course.

I really enjoyed this class as it covered material I had never learned about before. However, it is definitely a bit more of a work load so don't consider it a "easy" GE. But, as long as you put in considerable effort (aka read the readings) then you will be fine. Work hard for the midterm, so then you don't have to take the final!

Do the EC. READ her syllabus bc she gives a free EC opp. if you prove you read all her syllabus. Attend lecture bc she doesn't record and her slides get taken away after a week. Make sure you start on group project early. Grading was as followed: Discussion section 15%; Weekly discussion assignment 15%; Journals 5%; Exams 40%; Gidra assignment 25%. Talk to your TA or her if you will be missing class. Talk in section bc that matters. She is an easy A if you put in the work and you do it in a timely matter. I got an A- because I turned in like 3 things late. All her books and articles can be found online.

Dr. Fong is an amazing lecturer and my TA (Ghaliah) was also amazing! The content was pretty clear and lectures were easy to follow. I went to a majority of the lectures, but you don't really need to go to as long as you read the slides, but the class is not recorded. The only thing that I didn't enjoy about the class is how long the readings were (~80 pages per lecture) and she kept stressing how important the readings were.
As for grading, the scale is relatively simple and she makes it easy to do well in the class. There was an individual project, a group project, and some discussion posts for grades. The midterm was in-person and was like an FRQ from AP testing. The final was optional and online.
Overall, this class is more work than it appears to be just because of the amount of reading required each week, the projects, and annoying discussion posts that Fong tries to make fun. But the teaching staff was incredible. I would definitely take this class if you're interested in the topic, but would probably recommend another class if you're just trying to fulfill a GE or diversity requirement like I was.

Dr Fong is an incredible professor and scholar. Her lectures are incredibly, incredibly organized and super thorough. She is very passionate about the topic and it's always great to be in a class where that is the case. She cares about the topic and her students a lot, I cannot recommend this course enough!

Dr. Fong truly is a passionate professor who is communicative and organized. I have loved every lecture that I attended with her as she fosters a sense of community with her students. I will say that readings don't necessarily enhance lecture as much as I would have liked to, as much of the readings are covered in lecture. However, I am glad that there is a space on campus for students like me who are interested in taking ethnic study classes. Dr. Fong, and her class, have opened my eyes to the higher education system, student mobilization, and my involvement in my community. Absolutely loved taking this class and I highly recommend!

Just dont take her.