1990 Institute Teachers Workshop
Asian American Identity: Immigration History and Transgenerational Impact
September 18, 2024
4 PM PT / 7PM ET
Online Workshop
About this workshop
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This workshop is designed to help educators deepen their understanding of Asian American identity through the lens of immigration history and its transgenerational impact on culture and identity. Participants will explore the historical context of Asian immigration to the United States, examine the diverse experiences of Asian American communities, and gain insights into how these factors shape identity across generations.
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Whether you are an educator, student, or community member, or simply interested in the topic, this event offers a valuable opportunity to engage with critical issues surrounding Asian American identity and the enduring influence of immigration on the community.
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All who are interested in this topic are welcome to attend.
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Speakers & Moderator
Madeline Y. Hsu
Director, Center for Global Migration Studies
Professor of History
University of Maryland
Madeline Y. Hsu teaches history at the University of Maryland where she directs the Center for Global Migration Studies. Her award-winning books include “Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and Migration between the United States and South China, 1882-1943” and “The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority.” She co-edited “A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered: U.S. Society in an Age of Restriction, 1924-1965” and “The Cambridge History of Global Migrations:Volume 2, Migrations, 1800-Present.” She led the K-12 curriculum project Teach Immigration History produced with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society.
Vivian Louie
Professor of Urban Policy and Planning
Hunter College of the City University of New York
Vivian Louie has been an associate professor at Harvard and a program officer at the William T. Grant Foundation. She studies American civic participation and education, and American identity, in public policies and discussions, and the role of race, ethnicity, immigration, social class, and gender. She is the author of two books, “Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans” and “Keeping the Immigrant Bargain: The Costs and Rewards of Success in America,” and a co-editor/contributor of “Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue” along with more than 30 academic reports, articles, book chapters, and scholarly commentaries.
Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng
Vice Dean for Research
and Equity
Associate Professor of International Education
New York University Steinhardt School
Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng is a sociologist whose scholarly and community-based work focuses on the social lives of marginalized youth, Sebastian's interests include comparative perspectives on race/ethnicity (focusing on China and the U.S.), immigrant adaptation, and social capital within the school and educational context. He received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from MIT, and he has taught at a public middle school in San Francisco and a college in rural China.
Sponsors
To Be Announced
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