Friday, March 17, 2023 | 12pm to 1pm
Online Talk
The U.S. Department of Education’s Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program provides support to educational institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders and low-income individuals.
Join us for a virtual conversation to learn more about the current AANAPISI projects at the City University of New York: QCAP (Queens College AANAPISI Project) and HCAP (Hunter College AANAPISI Project), which includes the ABI (AANAPISI Bridge Initiative), in collaboration with Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Speakers:
- Caitlin Ho, Program Director, Hunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP)
- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong, Associate Professor of English and Director/Lead PI of the Queens College AANAPISI Project (QCAP)
Asian American / Asian Studies across CUNY Brown Bag Series
Sponsored by the CUNY Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Grant
Author Bio
Caitlin Ho is the Program Director for the Hunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP). She oversees HCAP’s programs and partnerships, manages reporting, and coordinates HCAP’s student leadership programs.
Caitlin has worked for the past 10 years supporting community organizations to advance social justice. Prior to joining HCAP, Caitlin was the Grant and Loan Program Manager at the Hopewell Fund, where she provided resources to women’s health clinics, and served as Senior Associate at NoVo Foundation, where she supported organizations focused on ending gender-based violence, advancing economic justice, and building the leadership of young women of color. Caitlin has also worked for the Center for Students of Color at Brown University and served as the Pan-Asian Student Coordinator.
Caitlin received her B.A. in Ethnic Studies and Political Science from Brown University, and her M.S. in Urban Policy and Leadership from Hunter College CUNY. Caitlin was also a CUNY Women’s Public Service Policy Fellow, and served as a local chapter leader of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF).
Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong is an Associate Professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY). She is also the Director and Lead PI of the Queens College AANAPISI Project (QCAP). Her primary teaching and research interests include Asian American literatures and cultures, ethnic studies, and comics studies. She has published articles on Asian American fiction, graphic narratives, and pop culture and is finishing a book on Asian American comedy. She also currently serves on the boards of CUNY’s Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI), the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies (CAALS), and the Asian American Literary Review (AALR).
