Join UMD's Asian American Studies Program and the College of Education for a talk with Dr. OiYan A. Poon on her recent book, "Asian American is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family."

Dr. Poon is an award-winning researcher and leader for intersectional racial equity in education, author, and speaker. She is co-director of the College Admissions Futures Co-Laborative. Her research agenda brings together organizational theories and race and ethnic studies to study rejective admission and selection processes, the racial politics of Asian Americans and education, and affirmative action policies. She has received grants from the Gates Foundation, Joyce Foundation, and Spencer Foundation to support her research, and her work has appeared widely in national media outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the New Yorker.

Tuesday, November 12
4-5:30pm
Tawes 1121 (Ulrich Recital Hall)