Centralizing Asian and Asian American Youth in AsianCrit

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium, Asian American researchers and educators will discuss our scholarship with Asian and Asian American youth within the theoretical framework of AsianCrit. We will share our research and personal experiences with Asian and Asian American youth, highlighting the ways Asian and Asian American youth not only experience racialization but also how they respond to, navigate, and resist the hegemonic racist and white supremacist narratives in education and the society that suppress and harm their lives and existence. By bringing AsianCrit scholars and educators together and centralizing voices and lived experiences of Asian and Asian American youth, this symposium contributes to the continued conversation about and engagement with Asian and Asian American youth amidst white-centric and assimilationist schooling.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research

Chair

• A. Lin Goodwin, Boston College

Papers

• To See and Be Seen, To Listen and Be Heard - Betina Hsieh, University of Washington

• Using Critical Race Spatial Analysis to Examine the Role of Space, Place, and Belonging with Asian and Asian American Youth - Cathery Yeh, University of Texas at Austin

• “I think that we're definitely doing something wrong”: Learning from Asian American Youth about Identity, Advocacy, and Educational Change - Noreen Naseem Rodriguez, Michigan State University; Sohyun An, Kennesaw State University; Esther June Kim, College of William & Mary

• Asian American Girls Read the Word and the World - Jung E. Kim, Lewis University

• "Searching for Missing Puzzle Pieces”: Asian American and Migrant Youth’ Learning, Healing, and Belonging Journeys - Yeji Kim, University of Missouri

Discussant

• Roland Sintos Coloma, Wayne State University