Kopitiam Conversations

Episode 006: #stopasianhate and Asian/Asian American Representation (Guest: Dr Joliana Yee, Asst Dean of Yale College and Director of Asian American Cultural Center, Yale University)


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This is Episode 6.

My guest is Dr Joliana Yee, PhD.

Dr Joliana Yee is the Assistant Dean of Yale College and Director of the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) at Yale University.

Prior to joining Yale, Dr Yee served as a Residence Hall Director at the University of Connecticut for four years where she worked closely with campus partners to create an inclusive and equitable living and learning environment.

Dr Yee’s dedication to serving Asian/Asian American students and striving for social justice stems from her own re-racialization experiences as an Asian international undergraduate student at Miami University over a decade ago.

She recently completed her term as Co-Chair for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators' (NASPA) Asian Pacific Islander Knowledge Community (APIKC).

In this episode, Dr Yee discusses with Winston on her role representing the Asian and Asian American community in one of America's most prestigious universities and also on the recent alarming abuses and attacks on the Asian communities in the US and the emergence of the #stopasianhate campaigns which has far-reaching resonance across the world.

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