Asians and Pacific Islanders in the Profession: Opportunities and Challenges for Job Seekers in a Time of Multiple Crises

Session Submission Type: Virtual Roundtable

Session Description

In the midst of the devastating global pandemic, an unprecedented economic crisis that has impacted higher education and APIs in uneven ways, and a nationwide political reckoning with racial injustice and its manifestations including the growth of anti-Asian violence, what are the challenges and opportunities for current or future job seeking graduate students, post-docs, contingent faculty, non-tenure track faculty, and junior faculty? Also, how should Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders as well as other academics view the role and purpose of professional development in political science in light of these events?

Sub Unit

• APSA Panels and All Meetings and Receptions

Chair

• Maneesh Arora Wellesley College

Presenters

• Hannah June Kim University of Nebraska, Omaha

• Pei-te Lien University of California Santa Barbara

• Vivien Leung Bucknell University