Columbia AAI Undergraduate Fellowship
The Columbia Asian American Initiative (AAI) Undergraduate Fellowship is an undergraduate student position that supports the Director of Academic Administration and Finance and assists with a variety of administrative, operational, outreach and communications and program coordination efforts. The Fellow in programs and communications drives outreach engagement, is an active presence in the planning and coordination of events, and interacts closely with the Communications Director in the Department of Sociology, and with Columbia Creative for marketing and web design and edits, in collaboration with other AAI staff members. The Fellow is integral to AAI’s ability to advance our mission, and is the linchpin that keeps AAI’s digital media presence lights on and our programming activity and engagement running.
2026 Undergraduate Fellow
Emily N. Kam
The 2026-27 Columbia AAI Undergraduate Fellow in Programs and Communications is Emily N. Kam.
Emily Kam is a sophomore at Columbia College, planning to major in American Studies or Political Science and minor in English. She is passionate about advocacy through writing and helping her community. As a staff member of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review, she writes for the Roundtable Digital Initiatives division.
Emily is also a volunteer at New York Small Claims Advisory Service (NYSCAS), assisting clients by providing information about the New York Small Claims courts. Outside of Columbia, she was a judicial intern for Judge Karen Lin in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Civil Term, and a former Vice Chair of the Student Outreach Committee at the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY). As a taekwondo athlete, Emily also serves as Vice President on the Columbia Taekwondo E-Board, where she organizes and manages competition logistics. She is ecstatic to serve as the Fellow in Programs and Communications for the Asian American Initiative.
Program Alumni
Shay Stulman
In 2025-26, Shay Stulman was selected as the inaugural Columbia AAI Undergraduate Fellow.
Shay Stulman is a project officer at the Center for Political Economy at the Columbia World Projects, The inaugural AAI Fellow, Shay graduated from Barnard College in 2026, where she majored in Human Rights and History with a minor in Science and Public Policy. She is passionate about working at the intersection of academia, advocacy, and the arts. As a Laidlaw Scholar, she has researched environmental justice issues impacting low-income communities in the South. A Social Impact Fellow with Columbia World Projects, she has advocated for arts education for low-income Title I students in New York City. She works with various archives around NYC and with immigrant communities to raise awareness about cross-racial solidarity in Asian American organizing spaces. A flutist and Ryūteki player in Columbia’s Music Performance Program.