AAPI Heritage Month Activities

[WE ARE for Science]

Hello WAFS Subscribers, please see the forwarded message below regarding how Penn State EMS is engaging AAPI month

Good morning!

 

I am forwarding along a couple of events that will be hosted by the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences (AAPIiG) for AAPI Heritage month. Their events are inclusive and people from all backgrounds (cultural and discipline) are welcome and invited to come! Their aim is to "create a space for grief, reflection", and discussing a better future for science as a whole. 

The struggles that we have faced, are facing, and will continue to face until things change are felt broadly throughout our communities. Having such a big campus can make it hard to see one another all the time. Also, with the constant waves of people coming and going, it is sometimes hard to keep tabs on things for the collective. So, here is the invitation from the group to any one who receives this message!

 

Event info:

 

AANHPI Heritage Month Panel: “Navigating the Bamboo Ceiling: How AANHPI experience the glass ceiling from a social scientist and geoscientist perspective”

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• Open
• to all,
• live captioning will be available

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• Date:
• May 9th (Tuesday) @ 1:00 - 2:30 PM Pacific
• Time / 4:00 - 5:30 PM Eastern Time

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• Registration
• Link: https://tinyurl.com/aapiigbamboo

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• Panelists:
• Dr. Sharon G. Goto (Professor of Psychological Science and Asian American Studies, Pomona College), Dr. Cin-Ty Lee (Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology, Rice University), Dr. Bach Mai Dolly Nguyen (Assistant Professor of Education, Oregon State University),
• and Dr. Helen H. Yu (Associate Professor of Public Administration and Graduate Chair, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)

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• Highlighting
• the underrepresentation of AANHPI in leadership positions, the bamboo ceiling illustrates how the success of AANHPI in occupational attainment has not translated to the highest levels of leadership in both industry and academia. Learn more about what the bamboo
• ceiling is and how to navigate it from a panel of experts who have navigated through different structures and broad disciplines in higher education and academia! 

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• For
• any questions, please contact Jeemin Rhim at jr...@ucsb.edu.

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AANHPI Heritage Month Talk: “Racial Disparities in Science Funding”

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• Open
• to all,
• live captioning will be available

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• Date:
• May 31st (Wednesday) @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM Pacific
• Time / 3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern Time

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• Registration
• Link: https://tinyurl.com/aapiig2023 

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• Speaker:
• Dr. Christine Yifeng Chen

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• A
• public presentation by AAPIiG co-founder Dr. Christine Yifeng Chen, who was recently the lead author of the eLife paper "Systemic
• racial disparities in funding rates at the National Science Foundation", which received press in outlets such as
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• Science,
• Eos, and
• the New York Times, as well as
• commentary from the broader scientific community and an invitation to the
• White House for the CHIPS and Science Act signing ceremony. Tune
• in to learn about the trends she has noted as well as the broader implications of her findings.

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• For
• any questions, please contact Karen Pham at kv...@psu.edu.

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Racial Disparities in Science Funding: Follow-up Discussion Workshop (BIPOC-only) 

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• Open
• to AAPI
• individuals as well as all other individuals who identify as Black,
• Indigenous and/or People of Color (BIPOC),
• including mixed and multiracial identities; live captioning will be available.

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• Date:
• May 31st (Wednesday) @ 1:00 - 2:00 PM Pacific Time / 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time / (directly after the public talk by Dr. Chen, separate registration)

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• Registration
• link:
• https://tinyurl.com/aapiigbipoc 

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• Discussion
• will be led by AAPIiG Steering Committee and co-organizers Akilah Alwan (Graduate Research Fellow, Auburn University; National Association of Black Geoscientists) and Dr. Darryl Reano (Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State
• University; Acoma Pueblo).

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• This
• is a closed 1-hour discussion following the public talk by Dr. Christine Yifeng Chen about systemic funding disparities. This discussion is intended to make space for participants to reflect on disconnects between broader scientific culture and their identities
• as members of marginalized groups in the context of persistent funding disparities. We encourage participants to share their personal observations and any commentary about the funding process; however, attendees do not need specific previous experience with
• NSF funding. Through our collective efforts, we hope to reimagine a more equitable and just future for scientific funding altogether.

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• Registration
• is required to attend. Please note that
• this will be an active discussion space (webcams strongly preferred for all participants).

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For any questions, please contact Karen Pham at kv...@psu.edu.

Esther C. Muñoz

Earth & Planetary Sciences B.S.

Geosciences & Biogeochemistry Ph.D. Candidate

Dr. Christopher H. House Lab, PSU