Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Dr. Tricia Lin: I’m Tricia Lin, teaching at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for the last eight years, full time. This is been a very special day for all of us who have been working, struggling in Asian American studies. Particularly it’s a great topic because for the last fifteen years, I’ve made Manhattan … Read more
Ching-Leou Liu: This is the session called “Women Leadership Development”. I’m Ching-Leou Liu from Hostos Community College and I’m the presenter for this session. I’m going to introduce the speakers. Each person is limited to ten minutes, so please be brief. If you have anything in writing, please give it to me. We’re going to … Read more
Dr. Ngee Pong Chang: This is the workshop on Asian Americans in Government. The issue that one is addressing here, is why are there so few Asian Americans in government circles and how do we encourage more participation among the Asian American population at large to try to gain a voice inside the government. Because … Read more
Dr. Hiroko Karan: Welcome to Workshop 4B titled “Asian Americans in the Aftermath of 9/11.” We have four distinguished panelists today. I will introduce each of them first and then ask them to each person to speak from five to ten minutes and then we have kind of an interactive session. Our first speaker is … Read more
Prof. Charles Kee: Ok, first of all thank you very much for coming. I believe the session’s being recorded. I’m not sure how, but it is being recorded. But it’s my pleasure to welcome you to the “Economic Development of Flushing: the Other Chinatown,” which is really the other Asia now. It’s more than just … Read more
More than twenty five people attended the talk by Prof. Sridhar, the largest showing in all of the lecture series. Dr. Sridhar, a distinguished linguist who has received grants from NEH and other foundations, was a captivating speaker. He showed a short video first, followed by a power point presentation about his experience in establishing … Read more