This year’s 2019 Western Political Science Association (WPSA) conference will be hosted in San Diego, California. We have a dedicated mini-conference within the conference that focuses on APA politics on April 19, 2019 from 8:00 am through 5:00 pm. If you are in the area and would like to attend, please feel welcome to join us (note WPSA registration requirements at https://www.wpsanet.org/meeting/). It should be a wonderful set of panels regarding the latest on APA politics research.
Section 31 – Miniconference: Asian Pacific American Politics
| Panel 31. 01 – Race and Political Representation in the Asian American Community |
| Date: | Friday, April 19, 2019, 8:00 – 9:45 AM |
| Chairs: | Geron, Kim, [email protected], CSU East Bay |
| Papers: | But Where Are You Really From? Stereotyping and Political Engagement among Asian Americans. Leung, Vivien, [email protected], University of California, Los Angeles Understanding Substantive Representation by the Womanists among Asian Pacific American Elected Officials Lien, Pei-te, [email protected], University of California Santa Barbara Filler, Nicole, [email protected], Highline College Inventing the Terms of Exclusion: Immigration Policy and Racialization in the 19th Century Aoki, Andrew, [email protected], Augsburg University |
| Discussant(s): | Le, Loan, [email protected], Institute for Good Government and Inclusion |
Panel 31. 02 – Political Learning and Affirmative Action Policies for Asian Americans |
| Date: | Friday, April 19, 2019, 10:00 – 11:45 AM |
| Chair: | Le, Loan, [email protected], Institute for Good Government and Inclusion |
| Paper: | Examing Asian American Attitude toward Affirmative Action Liu, Baodong, [email protected], University of Utah From the Politics of Pan-ethnic Solidarity to Ethnic Particularism in Asian American Politics: Examining the Rise of Chinese American Conservatism Song, Daeun, [email protected], University of California, Irvine Sexual Harassment of Asian American Females on College Campuses Le, Loan, [email protected], Institute for Good Government and Inclusion |
| Discussant(s): | Lien, Pei-te, [email protected], University of California Santa Barbara |
| Panel 31. 04 – Asian Americans and the Politics of Space |
| Date: | Friday, April 19, 2019, 1:15 – 3:00 PM |
| Chair: | Filler, Nicole, [email protected], Highline College |
| Paper(s): | Neighborhood Political Composition and Political Participation Among Asian Americans Chan, Nathan, [email protected], University of California, Irvine Beyond Koreatown: Asian Americans After the Los Angeles Riots Le, Loan, [email protected], Institute for Good Government and Inclusion The Eviction Machine, Tenant Mobilization, and Growing the Grassroots in Manhattan”s Chinatown Wong, Diane, [email protected], Cornell University |
| Discussant(s): | Filler, Nicole, [email protected], Highline College |
| Panel 31. 05 – Roundtable: Lessons in Teaching and Learning: Asian American Politics in 2018 |
| Date: | Friday, April 19, 2019, 3:15 – 5:00 PM |
| Chair(s): | Le, Loan, [email protected], Institute for Good Government and Inclusion |
Discussant(s): | Aoki, Andrew, [email protected], Augsburg University Filler, Nicole, [email protected], Highline College Junn, Jane, [email protected], University of Southern California Takeda, Oki, [email protected], Aoyama Gakuin University |