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Okada House

Okada House

This website represents information for the 2023-24 academic year. Updated Neighborhood information will be available in early April.

This residence is a part of Sequoia

The Asian American theme house was established at Stanford in 1971 to create community and center the experiences of a very small and primarily first generation Asian American student population. Renamed in 1979 after John Okada who is recognized as the first Asian American novelist, Okada House continues to explore and celebrate the diversity of Asian American peoples, cultures, and languages in a historical and contemporary context.

In addition to fostering a warm and vibrant community, Okada serves as a focal point for students in the residence and across campus to explore the Asian American experience and what it means to be Asian in America–how it is experienced by those who are connected to Asian American Identity, as well as by those who are not (and the people who feel in-between).

Learn more about the theme, program leadership and the preassignment process.

Learn more about Okada and other residences in Wilbur East.