Fall 2007 – Spring 2008 – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

Perceptions of Obesity Risk & Prevention in Chinese Americans

October 3, 2018June 27, 2008 By Doreen Liou and Kathleen Bauer

Obesity is a national epidemic as population studies point to increased trends occurring in Asian Americans. A qualitative study was conducted to identify perceptions of obesity risk and prevention in Chinese American adults residing in the New York metropolitan area. The researchers will discuss social psychological, cultural, and environmental factors that influence obesity risk in Chinese Americans. Insights on nutrition recommendations to prevent obesity will also be presented.

Streetwise for Book Smarts: Community Organizing, and Education Reform

October 3, 2018June 20, 2008 By Celina Su

While these education organizing groups had similar goals and worked in the same political context, they frequently employed divergent political strategies in their campaigns. My talk will draw upon 18 months of ethnographic research I conducted with four education organizing groups in the South Bronx. It will focus on the ways in which the groups’ organizational toolkits made a difference, and how grassroots organizations can work more effectively towards substantive social change.

Color and Sound

October 3, 2018June 13, 2008 By Linda Susan Jackson

How much can sound open or narrow the lens through which experience is filtered? What sound does disappointment make? What color is a scream? How can one sense represent the attributes of another? What sound does red lipstick make? The poems in Prof. Linda Jackson’s book What Yellow Sounds Like explore sound and color and … Read more

Interaction and Identity in a New York Asian Cram School

October 3, 2018June 6, 2008 By Angela Reyes

Typically viewed as a staple of childhood life in East Asia, cram schools are private educational institutions offering additional academic instruction during non-school hours. Over the past few decades, hundreds if not thousands of Asian American-run cram schools have been established throughout the United States, proliferating across urban areas particularly in Asian American enclaves. Despite this recent boom of Asian American cram schools, there has been very little research that examines how these educational sites affect the academic and identity development of youth.

Does Doing Good Lead to Doing Better? Insights and Challenges

October 3, 2018May 9, 2008 By Sankar Sen

In recent years, few notions have so fully captured the corporate imagination as that of corporate social responsibility (CSR); its relevance, role and returns are at the forefront of corporate consciousness today. In this presentation, Prof. Sankar Sen will provide an overview of my research on CSR, which takes a strategic, stakeholder (e.g., consumers, employees, … Read more

Citizenship and Immigration Issues

October 3, 2018May 2, 2008 By Allan Wernick

Prof. Allan Wernick will introduce the CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project, and its mission to provide free, high quality, and confidential citizenship and immigration law services to help immigrants on their path to U.S. citizenship. To achieve this goal, the Project’s immigration attorneys and paralegals offer one-on-one consultations to assess participants’ eligibility for legal benefits … Read more