2016 CUNY Conference on Resurgent Realities: East Coast Asian American Studies An East Coast Symposium & Initiative Program

Conference Program

9am to 9:30am
Registration & Breakfast

9:30am to 9:40am
Greetings

• Joyce Moy, Executive Director, AAARI-CUNY

9:40am to 10:40am
Plenary: Resurgent and New Issues in Asian American Studies

Moderator:

• Russell Leong, Editor, CUNY FORUM

Panel:

• Angie Y. Chung, CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor, CUNY Graduate Center & Associate Professor, Sociology, SUNY Albany
• Jennifer Hayashida, Director, Asian American Studies Program, Hunter College/CUNY
• Kevin Park, Undergraduate Student, Hunter College/CUNY & Member,, Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH)
• Janelle Wong, Director, Asian American Studies, University of Maryland

10:50am to 11:50am
South Asia, South East Asia, the Middle East and More: A Part or Apart of the AA Syllabus?

Moderator:

• Prema Kurien, Professor, Sociology, Syracuse University

Panel:

• Moustafa Bayoumi, Professor, English, Brooklyn College/CUNY
• Kelvin Ng, Undergraduate Student, Columbia University
• Ravi Kalia, Professor, History, City College of New York/CUNY

12pm to 1pm
Lunch Session
Goals of East Coast APA Studies

Keynote Speaker

• Phil T. Nash, Lecturer, Asian American Studies, University of Maryland

1:10am to 2:10pm
Political Strategies for Advancing Asian American Studies on the East Coast

Moderator:

• Russell Leong, Editor, CUNY FORUM

Panel:

• Peter Kwong, Distinguished Professor, Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College/CUNY
• Phil T. Nash, Lecturer, Asian American Studies, University of Maryland
• Shirley Tang, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

2:20pm to 3:20pm
Building Cultures, Creating New Media: Innovative Platforms

Moderator:

• Cindy Wong, Professor, Media Culture, College of Staten Island/CUNY

Panel:

• Theodore S. Gonzalves, Associate Professor, American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Eng-Beng Lim, Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, Dartmouth College
• Antony Wong, Program Coordinator, AAARI-CUNY

3:20pm to 4:20pm
The Future is Now!: Leadership, Students, and Communities

Moderator:

• Phil T. Nash, Lecturer, Asian American Studies, University of Maryland

Panel:

• Emily Dong, Student, Cornell University
• 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)
• Luwei Xiong, Senior, Francis Lewis High School