Southeast Asian American Postsecondary Access and Opportunity: A Multidimensional Analysis of Intersectionality in Higher Education Scholarship

• In Event: 66.061 - Intersectional Examinations of Race, Class, and Gender Structured Poster Session

Abstract

This scholarly paper is an intervention into the limited application of intersectionality as an explicit framework to analyze the experiences of Southeast Asian Americans (SEAA) and the narrow ways in which it is addressed in higher education research more generally. In reviewing over 10 years of research on Southeast Asian Americans, the authors draw attention to a) multilayered contours of oppression (e.g., racism, classism, sexism, patriarchy) that shape SEAA higher education access and outcomes and b) how these power dynamics converge along structural, political and cultural dimensions. The paper concludes with implications for theory, research and practice.

Authors

• Rican Vue, Oregon State University

• Melissa Vang, San Diego State University

• Elirissa Pui Kei Hui, Oregon State University