2016 CUNY Conference on Asian American Leadership at CUNY and in Higher Education Program

9:30am to 10am
Registration & Breakfast

10am to 10:30am
Greetings

• Joyce Moy, Executive Director, AAARI-CUNY
• Nelson Louis, Executive Officer, The Ong Family Foundation
• Ron Woo, Board Chair, AAARI-CUNY & Senior Policy Associate, CUNY
• Wellington Z. Chen, Member, CUNY Board of Trustees
• Gloriana B. Waters, Vice Chancellor, Human Resources Management, CUNY

10:30am to 10:45am
CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative Report: Findings, Recommendations and Accountability

10: 45am to 11:15am
Keynote

• Dr. Kyoko Toyama, Board Member, AAARI-CUNY & Associate Professor/Counselor, College Discovery Program, LaGuardia Community College/CUNY
• Keynote Speaker
  Dr. Santa Ono, President, University of Cincinnati

11:15am to 12:15pm
Session I
Trajectory to the Top – Barriers on the Path to the Presidency

• Moderator: Dr. Jean Lau Chin, Professor, Adelphi University
• Linda Akutagawa, President and CEO, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP)
• Dr. Belinda Huang, Co-Author, Raising Voices, Lifting Leaders: Asian Pacific Islander American Leaders in Higher Education
• Ji-A Min, Co-Author, Prescriptive Stereotypes and Workplace Consequences for East Asians in North America

12:15pm to 1:15 pm
Lunch Session
An Inclusive Academy: Intersecting Lines of Thought & Practice at CUNY

• Dr. Arlene Torres, University Dean for Recruitment and Diversity, Office of Human Resources Management, CUNY

1:15pm to 2:15pm
Session II
Best Practices: Government Agencies, Foundations, Corporate Sector and Professional Organizations

Moderator:

• Dr. Lily Tang, President and Co-Founder, The Everest Project

Panel:

• Wayne Ho, Chief Strategy & Program Officer, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
• Christopher M. Kwok, Esq., Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Coordinator, U.S. Equal Employment Commission – New York District Office
• Dr. Kevin Nadal, Associate Professor, Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY & President, Asian American Psychological Association

2:15pm to 3:15pm
Panel Sessions
Session III
Tenure and Promotion: Process and Advice

Moderator:

• Dr. Hai-Ping Cheng, Chair, Biology, Lehman College/CUNY

Panel:

• Dr. Sambhavi Lakshminarayanan, Professor, Business Administration, Medgar Evers College/CUNY
• Dr. Sigmund Shen, Associate Professor, English & Chapter Chair, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, LaGuardia Community College/CUNY

Session IV
State Of Asian American and Asian Studies at CUNY and Its Importance to Asian American Leadership in Higher Education

Moderator:

• Rockwell Chin, Esq.

Panel:

• Dr. Madhulika Khandewal, Director, Asian American Center & Professor, Urban Studies, Queens College/CUNY
• Russell C. Leong, Editor, CUNY FORUM
• Joyce Moy, Executive Director, AAARI-CUNY
• Mitchel Wu, Lecturer, Asian American Studies Program, Hunter College/CUNY & Program Manager, Coalition for Asian American Children & Familes (CACF)

3:15pm to 3:30pm
Break

3:30pm to 4:30pm
Foundation for the Future – Working Group Discussions

Attendees will be asked to join discussions on the following issues of their choosing, to develop and collect recommendations and insights for moving the CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative forward.

Best Practices

• Filling the top of the pipeline
• Building the pipeline: Faculty and student leadership development

Expanding and strengthening Asian American, and Asian Studies at CUNY

4:30pm to 5pm
Report Back & Closing Remarks