ODI Lunch and Learn: “‘Bamboo ceilings,’ ‘in/visibility’ and ‘model minorities’: Navigating race for Asian American faculty and administrators”

This event brings together U.S.-raised Asian American faculty and administrators from across campus to discuss common experiences of marginalization in the academy. Like the “glass ceiling,” the bamboo ceiling refers to the barriers for promotion and leadership for Asian American workers. Whether it is because of an internalized disbelief formed through decades of lived experience, or the “implicit bias” and overt resistance to Asian Americans leadership, Asian Americans find it challenging to rise into and remain in positions of leadership. Stereotypes such as the “model minority” contribute to the “bamboo ceiling,” and the speakers for this presentation will challenge the perceived disposability of Asian Americans in higher education.

CART captioning and lunch will be provided.

Presenters: Diane Crawford, Executive Director of Institutional Culture, Martin J. Whitman School of Management; Wendy Moy, Assistant Professor of Music Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts; David Oh, Associate Professor of Communications, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; Mary Szto, Teaching Professor, College of Law

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