Transformative Education for Asian Pacific America: Bridging Filipinx American Studies and Educational Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This panel considers the transformative possibilities for Asian Pacific American educational research through the interdisciplinary field of Filipinx American Studies. We are scholars whose work approaches critical examinations of Education through Asian American and Ethnic Studies. We use under-examined logics of racialization, empire, imperialism, and colonialism as they shape the material conditions and educational experiences of Asian Americans. This symposium presents critical qualitative research that: 1) systematically reviews 40 years of Filipinx American education research; 2) examines online college student activism; 3) historically analyzes the campaign for Pilipinx Studies; and 4) an interdisciplinary study on ethnic identity and college student development. Together we offer ways to address Asian Pacific American educational issues through the generative affordances of Filipinx American Studies.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans

Chair

• Edward R. Curammeng, California State University - Dominguez Hills

Papers

• Critiquing Empire Through Desirability: 40 Years of Filipinx Americans and Educational Research - Edward R. Curammeng, California State University - Dominguez Hills; Xavier Hernandez, University of California - Irvine; Dina C. Maramba, Claremont Graduate University

• Quarantine Kasamas: Online Filipino Student Kinship as Collective Healing and Resistance During COVID-19 - Wayne Jopanda, University of California - Davis

• Historicizing the Legacy of Intergenerational Community Activism in the Campaign for Pilipino Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles - Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Natalie Ricasa Bagaporo, San Diego State University; Reuben Deleon, University of California - Los Angeles

• Ruminations on Researching Filipinx Identity Through College Student Experiences - Reuben Deleon, University of California - Los Angeles

Discussant

• Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, San Francisco State University