Teaching
CAPS has over 30 affiliated faculty teaching over 200 courses of East Asian languages and cultures in around different departments and colleges. Through fundraising and external grants, CAPS has played an active role in increasing the number of faculty with expertise in Asia, encouraging course development, and promoting study abroad programs in Asia.
CAPS regularly sponsors lectures, seminars and workshops that bring prominent scholars to campus to share their research with University of Iowa students and faculty.
Research
CAPS sponsors student and faculty research on Asia by providing grants to graduate students for dissertation research and to faculty for research-related expenses. CAPS supports UI faculty and students to attend and present their research at Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting.