27 June 2022 9:30-10:30 (Tokyo)

26 June 14:30 Hawaii - 17:30 California - 20:30 East Coast

Speakers:

Professor Edith Chen, Department of Asian American Studies, College of Humanities, California State University, Northridge.

Professor Teresa Williams León, Department of Asian American Studies and Department of Central American Studies, California State University, Northridge.

Moderator: Robert Dujarric, Temple University Japan.

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Overview:

Asian immigration to the United States has a long history. The abrogation of the various anti-Asian exclusion legislation, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, and other factors have led the number of Americans who trace their roots to Asia to rise from 980,000 in 1960 to an estimated 23 million millions today. It's a population that is characterized by a wide diversity of geographic origins, socio-economic status, and cultural backgrounds.

Anti-Asian violence and racism has been around since the arrival of the first Asian immigrants to the United States-the exclusion acts and the incarceration of American citizens and residents of Japanese descent during the Second World War being the most well-known examples.

In the past few years and in the wake of the Covid pandemic, more than 11,000 cases of anti-Asian hate has been reported, there has been a noticeable increase in anti-Asian physical and verbal violence. In San Francisco, for example, anti-Asian hate crimes saw an astonishing 567% from 2020 to 2021,

Our two panelists, who are experts in the field of Asian-American studies, will discuss these questions and answer questions from our audience.

Speakers:

Edith Wen-Chu Chen is professor of Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA. Originally from Texas,

Dr. Chen is a second generation Chinese American who received her undergraduate degree from University of Texas at Austin. Her teaching and research interests include Asian Americans, immigration, racial and gender inequality, and health. She has published a number of chapters, articles and reports on the struggles and challenges of Asian Americans in the U.S. She is currently wrapping up a National Institutes of Health funded project, "Is Assimilation Costing Asian Americans their Health: Type 2 diabetes in California's Asian American populations." This is the first multi-year large scale grant at CSUN dedicated to working with undergraduate and graduate students on Asian Americans and health research. Previous to joining CSUN

Edith taught at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Tokai University, Kapiolani Community College, UCLA and Harvey Mudd College.

Professor Teresa Williams León is with the Department of Asian American Studies, California State University, Northridge. Professor León grew up in Japan and spent her formative years in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Moderator:

Robert Dujarric, Co-Director, Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan.

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Organizer:

ICAS

Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies

Temple University Japan