Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 6pm to 7:15pm
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In its 250-year existence, the United States has welcomed, nurtured, while also barred and deported Americans who hail from all parts of the world. The Asian American experience is at once unique and familiar. From the first migrants to these shores in the late 1500s, to the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, to the banning and deporting of Asian migrants in the current day, this complex history is often omitted from US education. This online event brings together Asian Americanists in conversation about the place of AAPI studies curriculum in current K-12 and college classrooms. How can we encourage teachers and schools (K-12 to college) to become more receptive to teaching AAPI histories and experiences?
Moderator: Yung-Yi Diana Pan, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of American Studies at Brooklyn College
Speakers:
- Alvin Bui, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at Brooklyn College/CUNY
- Russell M. Jeung, Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate
- Shreya Sunderram, Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology and American Studies at Brooklyn College/CUNY, and Director of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY’s Localized History Project
Co-Sponsor
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
