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The article presents a speech by the author who is a teacher and scholar in Asian American Studies, honoring the memory of her mentor Don T. Nakanishi, the founding publisher of the journal. Topics discussed include Nakanishi teaching his mentees how to write research pro­posals, the author being diagnosed with kidney cancer, and support she received from Nakanishi throughout her career.

A biography of Asian American studies scholar and University of California, Los Angeles Professor Don Nakanishi is presented. Born in Los Angeles, California on August 14, 1949, Nakanishi attended Japanese school and Buddhist Temple in his youth. His parents both suffered from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan and were later interned in the United States. He attended Yale University before founding the "Amerasia Journal" in 1971.

A personal narrative is presented that reflects on the author's experience studying under Asian American scholar Don T. Nakanishi.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the author reflects on the contributions that journal founder and editor Don Nakanishi made to the field of Asian American scholarship and discusses several essays by Nakanishi that are reprinted within the issue.

The article presents a speech by Don T. Nakanishi, the journal's founding publisher, which was delivered at an event held in October 2010, celebrating the journal's editor Russell C. Leong. He focused on Leong's high status in the field of Asian American studies, his lengthy tenure as editor, and his contributions to the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Asian American Studies Center.

A personal narrative is presented that reflects on the author's experience in the field of Asian American Studies and studying under Professor Don T. Nakanishi at the University of California, Los Angeles.

A personal narrative is presented that reflects on the author's experience studying under and working with Asian American scholar Don T. Nakanishi.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including tributes offered to the late Don T. Nakanishi, the founding publisher of the journal, studying "empires" in the Pacific, and transnational professionalization of Asian American Studies.

The article presents the speech "A Tribute to Don Nakanishi and the Folks at the Center," by Elsie S. Osajima, retired Administrative Assistant for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Asian American Studies Center, delivered at the 40th Anniversary Commemoration of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center in May 2009. The speech reflects on the accomplishments of the center as well as Asian American studies scholar Don Nakanishi's work as the director of the center.