Events
RIDGS Book Event: A Conversation with Vichet Chhuon and Peuo Tuy
Join the Center for RIDGS and Immigration History Research Center for a book discussion on Cambodian American Youth, Identity, and Schooling by Dr. Vichet Chhuon (Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction) with remarks from Peuo Tuy (Teacher, Saint Paul Public Schools).
Talk Description: Cambodian American Youth, Identity, and Schooling examines how Cambodian American high school youth reconcile stereotypes, identities, and school opportunities and the ways these factors impact academic achievement and well-being. The backdrop for Cambodian American life is intimately embedded within how Asians and Asian Americans are imagined within U.S. society. The chapters draw on ethnographic research collected across two years in one Southern California community. This work invites interrogation of the Asian American category itself and seeks to move the fields of Asian American and educational studies forward by critically examining not only how the model minority stereotype is constructed and imposed but also how it can be adopted and affirmed by Asian American youth themselves.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required, and space is limited.
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Date: Wednesday, October 1st
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Reception held from 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Locations: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, Pillsbury Hall, 4th floor. 310 Pillsbury Dr. S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455
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