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Histories and Legacies of Asian Americans in Higher Education

Released Thursday, 15th December 2022
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Histories and Legacies of Asian Americans in Higher Education

Histories and Legacies of Asian Americans in Higher Education

Histories and Legacies of Asian Americans in Higher Education

Histories and Legacies of Asian Americans in Higher Education

Thursday, 15th December 2022
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Histories and Legacies of Asian Americans in Higher Education explores how Asian American faculty, students, and scholars are actively mobilizing and giving voice to their past and current struggles on campus and beyond. Our guests discuss the real-life impacts of stereotypes such as the model minority myth and articulate their thoughts on what are at stake for Asian America today, against the backdrop of Supreme Court cases challenging affirmative action policies in education.

Our guest speakers are:

Dr. Jen Nazareno, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the Brown University School of Public Health and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Innovation at Brown's School of Professional Studies. Her research focuses on social structural determinants of health as it relates to immigrant populations and immigrant entrepreneurship.

Dr. Catherine Ceniza Choy, Ph.D. is Professor of Asian American & Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, & Justice in UC Berkeley’s Division of Computing, Data Science, & Society. She is the author of Asian American Histories in the United States (2022), Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America (2013), and Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History (2003).

Joseph Tsuboi is a recent graduate from UCLA’s Asian American Studies Master’s Program. Joseph’s research looks at progressive Asian American organizing spaces in the greater Los Angeles area and their specific techniques towards cross-community solidarity.

Claire Nakamura graduated from UC Davis, majoring in History and Psychology with a minor in Asian American Studies. Her undergraduate thesis reexamined the history of Japanese American World War II incarceration through her grandfather's lens as a Kibei Nisei under the theoretical framework of family separation. She is currently an HR professional. 

Podcast Editor: Clare Boyle

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Defining Our Roots/Routes: Asian Americans in Higher Education

Defining Our Roots/Routes: Asian American in Higher Education aims to amplify the erased voices of Asian American students and faculty in higher education as a form of resistance and consciousness-raising by exploring interrelated themes—histories and legacies of Asian America, pan-Asian American identity, and Asian American transnationalism & diaspora. Join us for insights into the lived experiences of Asian American students and scholars in higher education spaces and learn what may be at stake for the larger Asian American community in the wake of Supreme Court cases and recent anti-Asian hate incidents. Extended Podcast Info: In late October 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States deliberated the Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College as well as Students for Fair Admissions v. University of Northern Carolina cases, challenging race-conscious admissions practices and potentially developing larger ramifications for the current Affirmative Action policies in the United States. Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) claims race-conscious admissions practices are racially discriminatory because Black and Latinx students are valued higher at the expense of Asian Americans. They further argue Asian Americans should be “admitted at a higher rate” as they are “substantially stronger” than their non-Asian counterparts. In doing so, the SFFA and conservative Asian American groups, such as the Asian American Legal Foundation (AALF), not only adopt the model minority myth to further pit Asian American students against Black and Latinx students but also calls into question what Asian American means and what are at stake for Asian America in the context of these Supreme Court cases.How do Asian Americans define our roots and our routes going forward? By analyzing the histories, stories, and lived experiences of Asian American racial formation and transnational processes in relation to US policies and practices, we can better map the multiple ways Asian Americans navigated the routes they took to articulate and formulate their identities. This framework challenges the limited boundaries that harmful stereotypes and tropes such as the model minority myth produce and reveals how such stereotypes incite violence and erasure toward the Asian diaspora. Join us as “Defining Our Roots/Routes” explores the lived experiences of Asian American students and scholars in higher education spaces and considers what is at stake for the larger Asian American community in the wake of the Supreme Court cases and anti-Asian hate incidents.Sponsored by The LCLO Group, a higher education and workforce of the future consulting group that collaborates with public-private partners (higher education experts, corporate leaders, and public & non-profit agencies) to develop and implement solutions to more equitable global workforce development, talent cultivation, and training opportunities & resources. Learn more at LCLOGroup.com

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