Negotiating Asian American Identities: Collaborative Self-Study of Korean Immigrant Scholars' Reading Group on AsianCrit

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Nine
  In Roundtable Session: Roundtable Two: Critical Perspectives on Model Minority, Global Experiences, and Identities (Table 18)

Abstract

This study aims to interrogate consequential education research by exploring AsianCrit among Korean immigrant women in higher education in the US. The study considered qualitative data generated by five authors in a collaborative reading group about AsianCrit literature. Our analysis revealed that AsianCrit was used as a tool for revisiting our racialized experiences, negotiating tensions around key constructs of AsianCrit informed by transnational perspectives, and embracing Asian American identities in pursuit of solidarity. The findings contribute to expanding the scholarship of AsianCrit by highlighting its utility and possibilities to support transnational or first-generation Asian immigrants’ identity exploration in higher education. Moreover, the findings signify that identity-informed peer mentoring as a way to build Asian solidarity.

Authors

• Taeyeon Kim, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  Presenting Author

• Soo Bin Jang, University of Delaware
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• Jin Kyeong Jung, Texas Tech University
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• Minhye Son, California State University - Dominguez Hills
  Presenting Author

• Sun Young Lee, Wichita State University
  Presenting Author