GSC Chair Fireside Chat: Dismantling the Model Minority One Subgroup at a Time: The Importance of Understanding Heterogeneity and Ecological Fallacies

Session Submission Type: Fireside Chat

Abstract

Prima facie Asian American students are believed to be doing extremely well in terms of their levels of academic achievement and attainment despite research that indicates otherwise. In addition to Asian’s supposed extraordinary educational accomplishments, they are believed to exhibit uniformly high expectations and come from families that value education. The panelists in this session help to interrogate these impressions by sharing their knowledge and expertise with attendees, namely the importance of understanding that the Asian American population is bimodal, and extremely heterogeneous. Thus, in order to avoid ecological fallacious beliefs, the purpose of this panel is to examine the model minority stereotype through critical discussions regarding the many different subgroups of this population.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Chair

• Nicholas Daniel Hartlep, Illinois State University

Participants

• Gilbert C. Park, Ball State University

• Kevin Kumashiro, University of San Francisco

• Yoon K. Pak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Robert T. Teranishi, New York University

• Dina C. Maramba, Binghamton University - SUNY

• Stacey J. Lee, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Benji Chang, Teachers College, Columbia University