Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Obesity is a global epidemic affecting all populations including Chinese Americans. A survey research was conducted by Dr. Doreen Liou and Dr. Kathleen Bauer to uncover the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors related to obesity risk reduction in Chinese Americans. Obesity risk reduction behaviors and psychosocial variables derived from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Health … Read more
Over the last 25 years hundreds of thousands of new immigrants have been arriving in New York City from rural areas near Fuzhou, southeast China. Fuzhounese immigrants, many undocumented, work primarily in restaurant, construction and garment industries. In the last few years, their children have begun to attend Baruch College—a senior college in the City University … Read more
This article examines patterns of post-1965 native-born Asian Americans’ intermarriages and cross-generational in-marriages using a combined sample of the 2001-2006 American Community Surveys from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. The analysis focuses on ethnic and gender differences in intermarriage and cross-generational in-marriage rates and patterns. About 55% of native-born Asian Americans are found to … Read more
Obesity is a major health epidemic affecting all ethnic groups including Chinese Americans. A qualitative study was conducted to explore the interface of traditional Chinese and American values related to perceptions of obesity in Chinese Americans residing in the New York metropolitan region. The researchers will highlight intercultural influences, social norms, and gender effects that … Read more
Malalai Joya will discuss her upcoming book, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice. She has been called “the bravest woman in Afghanistan.” At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, she stood up and denounced her country’s powerful NATO-backed warlords. She was twenty-five years old. Two years later, she became the youngest person elected to Afghanistan’s new Parliament. In 2007, she was suspended from Parliament for her persistent criticism of the warlords and drug barons and their cronies. She has survived four assassination attempts to date, is accompanied at all times by armed guards, and sleeps only in safe houses.
Online Notes Summary of Findings Requires: Adobe Reader Date: Friday, April 11th, 2008 Time: 10:00AM – 12:30PM Place: Auditorium, Hunter College School of Social Work 129 E. 79th Street , New York City (Light refreshments will be served following the presentation.) Principle Investigator: Dr. Irene Chung, Associate Professor, Hunter College School of Social Work This … Read more