[Recording] Building a Career on Southeast Asia, as (Southeast) Asian, in the US
Getting through graduate school and launching a career is challenging for anyone, especially when that path combines an area studies and disciplinary focus. What additional challenges does identity add—specifically, for students and faculty who identify as (or are identified as) Asian themselves, as they conduct research in and teach about Southeast Asia, and as they build careers in the US? While helpful for grad students and early-career scholars of Southeast Asia broadly, this panel is especially germane for those who identify and/or present as Asian or Asian-American. Questions our panelists address include:
How has their own (Southeast) Asian identity shaped their experience as students or and field researchers in the region?
What expectations has their identity raised among professors/colleagues, mentors/mentees, or (potential) employers, and how have they managed those?
What specific challenges or advantages does their identity present for their teaching about (Southeast) Asia in the US?
What strategies for navigating early-career service and administrative demands might they suggest, given the additional burden faculty of color broadly often face?
For those with families and communities still in (Southeast) Asia, what has most helped them deal with prolonged separation during the pandemic?
Panelists:
Nerve V. Macaspac, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, College of Staten Island, CUNY and Graduate Faculty, CUNY Graduate Center
Parthiban Muniandy, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Sarah Lawrence College
Jonathan Ong, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Puspa Amri, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Sonoma State University and Research Associate, Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies
Moderator:
E.K. Tan, Associate Professor, Department of English, and Chair, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Stony Brook University, SUNY
Watch below or on the NYSEAN PUC YouTube channel.
