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, kim.geron@csueastbay.edu, CSU East Bay |
| Papers: |
But Where Are You Really From? Stereotyping and Political
Engagement among Asian Americans. Leung, Vivien, vivienleung@ucla.edu, University of California, Los Angeles Understanding Substantive Representation by the Womanists among Asian Pacific American Elected Officials Lien, Pei-te, plien@polsci.ucsb.edu, University of California Santa Barbara Filler, Nicole, nfiller@highline.edu, Highline College Inventing the Terms of Exclusion: Immigration Policy and Racialization in the 19th Century Aoki, Andrew, aoki@augsburg.edu, Augsburg University |
| Discussant(s): | Le, Loan, lkle@thinkiggi.com, 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, lkle@thinkiggi.com, Institute for Good Government and Inclusion |
| Paper: |
Examing Asian American Attitude toward Affirmative Action Liu, Baodong, baodong.liu@utah.edu, 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, desong@uci.edu, University of California, Irvine Sexual Harassment of Asian American Females on College Campuses Le, Loan, lkle@thinkiggi.com, Institute for Good Government and Inclusion |
| Discussant(s): | Lien, Pei-te, plien@polsci.ucsb.edu, 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, nfiller@highline.edu, Highline College |
| Paper(s): |
Neighborhood Political Composition and Political Participation Among Asian Americans Chan, Nathan, nkchan@uci.edu, University of California, Irvine Beyond Koreatown: Asian Americans After the Los Angeles Riots Le, Loan, lkle@thinkiggi.com, Institute for Good Government and Inclusion The Eviction Machine, Tenant Mobilization, and Growing the Grassroots in Manhattan”s Chinatown Wong, Diane, dw465@cornell.edu, Cornell University |
| Discussant(s): | Filler, Nicole, nfiller@highline.edu, 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, lkle@thinkiggi.com, Institute for Good Government and Inclusion |
Discussant(s): | Aoki, Andrew, aoki@augsburg.edu, Augsburg University Filler, Nicole, nfiller@highline.edu, Highline College Junn, Jane, junn@usc.edu, University of Southern California Takeda, Oki, otakeda@sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp, Aoyama Gakuin University |
