Understanding oppression faced by Asian Americans
Start time
September 16, 2021 08:00 AM
End time
September 16, 2021 09:00 AM
Presented By
SABER
Location
Online
Workshop Worth
1
Workshop Link
Description
Understanding oppression faced by Asian Americans
Sapna Cheryan, PhD
Different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. have been subordinated in different ways. This work integrates a
dimension of cultural foreignness (Zou & Cheryan, 2017) along with the more commonly studied dimension of
perceived status to understand forms of prejudice faced by Asian Americans. Using controlled laboratory and
field experiments, self-generated discrimination experiences, and U.S. court cases, I will demonstrate Asian
Americans’ perceived positioning as high status and culturally foreign in U.S society and consequences for
the forms of discrimination they face. I will further provide experimental evidence that discrimination-based
cultural foreignness may be seen by White Americans as less harmful than other forms of discrimination. This
work moves beyond a “one size fits all” approach to discrimination to document the distinct forms of
discrimination faced by Asian Americans in U.S. society and the accompanying challenges in addressing
these forms of discrimination.
SABER - A Call to Action: Striving towards inclusion in academic biology
An initiative continuing in fall 2021 and spring 2022, which will be sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) and will be focused on promoting awareness, understanding and commitment to change academic biology environments to be more inclusive. All 1-hour sessions will be virtual and administered through Zoom; sessions will be recorded and posted on the SABER website below this. This series will be co-sponsored by Arizona State University’s HHMI Inclusive Excellence Project, the SEISMIC Collaboration, and the ASU RISE Center.
Did you know that you can watch any of the past presentations posted and write a required reflection for a total of 3 points each (this is a change from the spring). Within your reflection include a short summary of the event followed by what you learned in relation to your prior knowledge, what you plan to apply to your life and teaching, and anything else you found interesting. Reflections can be submitted to the Workshop Reflection assignment on Carmen.
RSVP for the workshop with the CLSE here.
Sapna Cheryan, PhD
Different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. have been subordinated in different ways. This work integrates a
dimension of cultural foreignness (Zou & Cheryan, 2017) along with the more commonly studied dimension of
perceived status to understand forms of prejudice faced by Asian Americans. Using controlled laboratory and
field experiments, self-generated discrimination experiences, and U.S. court cases, I will demonstrate Asian
Americans’ perceived positioning as high status and culturally foreign in U.S society and consequences for
the forms of discrimination they face. I will further provide experimental evidence that discrimination-based
cultural foreignness may be seen by White Americans as less harmful than other forms of discrimination. This
work moves beyond a “one size fits all” approach to discrimination to document the distinct forms of
discrimination faced by Asian Americans in U.S. society and the accompanying challenges in addressing
these forms of discrimination.
SABER - A Call to Action: Striving towards inclusion in academic biology
An initiative continuing in fall 2021 and spring 2022, which will be sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) and will be focused on promoting awareness, understanding and commitment to change academic biology environments to be more inclusive. All 1-hour sessions will be virtual and administered through Zoom; sessions will be recorded and posted on the SABER website below this. This series will be co-sponsored by Arizona State University’s HHMI Inclusive Excellence Project, the SEISMIC Collaboration, and the ASU RISE Center.
Did you know that you can watch any of the past presentations posted and write a required reflection for a total of 3 points each (this is a change from the spring). Within your reflection include a short summary of the event followed by what you learned in relation to your prior knowledge, what you plan to apply to your life and teaching, and anything else you found interesting. Reflections can be submitted to the Workshop Reflection assignment on Carmen.
RSVP for the workshop with the CLSE here.
Following the workshop, email Erica Szeyller.1 to confirm your attendance for the full event time. If you were not able to attend the full event, email Erica Szeyller.1 to discuss the possibility of 5001 course points.
