Asian American & Pacific Islander Alums
Building AA & PI Futures at Berkeley and Beyond
Come together with Asian American & Pacific Islander students, staff, faculty, and alums as we celebrate the legacies of AA & PI communities on our campus. Meet our faculty leading our new Asian American and Pacific Islander Transpacific Futures Initiative (AAPITF), dedicated to strengthening research and teaching in Asian American and Pacific Islander studies at UC Berkeley. Learn about how we are fostering a vibrant campus climate for our current and future scholars and community leaders. Co-sponsored by the Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies Program, the Asian American Research Center, the AA & PI Thriving Initiatives of the Division of Equity & Inclusion, and the Office of Alumni Engagement.
Hosted by The Asian American and Pacific Islander Standing Committee
Speakers:
Aloha kākou, my name is Kourtney Kawano, and I am a wahine ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian woman) from the village community of Nānākuli on the west side of Oʻahu. I am a member of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Transpacific Futures initiative and an assistant professor at the Berkeley School of Education, where I study family-school-community partnerships and teach courses on Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American educational experiences.
Brian TaeHyuk Keum is an Associate Professor in the Community Health Sciences Division at the University of California, Berkeley. His research (1) aims to mitigate mental and behavioral health disparities by examining culturally-informed, intersectional, and digitally-relevant social determinants such as online violence and discrimination, gendered racism, gendered racial socialization, and affirmative coping and prevention approaches, and (2) integrates public health, counseling psychology, and technology to explore disparities in mental health services for minoritized clients and culturally sensitive digital mental health platforms.
Long Le-Khac is an associate professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and the author of Giving Form to an Asian and Latinx America. His research and teaching focus on the cultures, histories, and solidarites of Asian Americans, Latinxs, and other racialized communities.
Dr. Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani teaches in the Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies (AAADS) Program of the Department of Ethnic Studies. A recipient of the Chancellor’s Public Service Award for Community Engaged Teaching and the Spirit of 1868 Award, Dr. Tsuchitani is a member of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA) Higher Education Committee Advisory Board and co-chair of the UC Office of the President AANAPISI Initiative Advisory Board.