Become a McNair Mentor or Faculty Research Mentor

Ting Huang (member of AAAFSC) is the program coordinator of the UMBC McNair Scholars Program. Please see Ting's message below about supporting current and future McNair Scholars!



Recruiting McNair Scholars! Application deadline: Dec 15th, 2024! 

Are there any students you encountered that would be good candidates for the UMBC McNair Scholars Program?  We would appreciate your assistance with informing students of all the great opportunities the McNair Scholars Program offers. Our program focuses on preparing undergraduate students (who qualify as either low-income and first-generation college students or members of groups underrepresented in graduate education) to pursue doctoral degrees. 

The program offers several benefits, such as summer and academic year research funding, assistance connecting with faculty research mentors, hands-on guidance and navigation through the graduate school application process, first-hand exposure to individuals who have earned Ph.D. s in their field of study, and opportunity to attend research conferences (fully funded). 

Please disseminate this information to faculty, staff, and students in your department who may be interested. A link to our program’s web page with all pertinent information can be found here. They may also sign up now on the Interest Form to receive updates. The application deadline is December 15, 2024, 4:59:59 pm. 

Become a McNair Mentor or Faculty Research Mentor 

We invite UMBC faculty and staff to mentor one of our McNair Scholars. There are two options: McNair Mentor and McNair Research Mentor. For details, please read the Mentor Informational for McNair Scholars Program. Open to UMBC faculty and staff with a graduate degree or work closely with graduate programs. To share your availability as a mentor, please complete the form at our Community of Supporters form. 

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Kyung-Eun (Kay) Yoon (Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication) is organizing this wonderful event. Please attend and support if you can! 


SOUND OF UNITY: 
Korean Traditional Music & Dance Performances
By National High School of Traditional Korean Arts
6 – 7:30 pm, November 1 (Fri.), 2024
Linehan Concert Hall in the Performing Arts & Humanities BLDG
 
Please Reserve Free Tickets here: https://umbctickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3390

“Sound of Unity” is a Korean traditional music & dance performance presented by the National High School of Traditional Korean Arts, renowned for their world-class performances, including those at the opening and closing ceremony of 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. This event is sponsored by the Korean program in the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication, in collaboration with the local Korean organization, HanPan.



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Happy the last day of September!  This is a follow-up to our community building event on 9/27.



Off-Campus Meeting Location


We are currently looking for a location (e.g., a Korean restaurant) for an off-campus lunch meeting. As usual, we need a space that can accommodate a large group with different dietary needs. Please recommend a place to Shuyan (suns@umbc.edu). The meeting will likely take place during the winter break or the spring break. 



Survey Planning


A survey of current and potential AAAFSC members is being planned with the goal of gathering critical data in preparation for meeting with our new Provost. We don’t have a timeline yet. If you are interested in contributing to the survey planning process, please reach out to Shuyan (suns@umbc.edu). 



Elections and Call for Nominations


Our group grew tremendously in the last two years. Thank you again for your engagement and contribution. Please consider running for a leadership position this year! As shown below, we have multiple positions up for elections this year. Let’s start with the vice chair position (3-year term) this semester. Leadership responsibilities are included below. 


Current faculty and staff members of AAAFSC are eligible to serve! Members who (1) have the capacity to commit a significant amount of time and effort to our group and (2) will stay at UMBC for the long term are strongly encouraged to consider running. Please email Shuyan (suns@umbc.edu) for nominations or self-nominations by Friday October 11, 2024. 


Between October 14 and 25, Shuyan will meet with each nominee to review the AAAFSC’s work in the last two years so that the expected time commitment is transparent. The election will be conducted shortly after. 


In the past several years, leaders of affinity groups received small stipends from the Provost office. Stipends are also available this year. However, stipends may or may not be available in future years. 



Leadership responsibilities (as per the Provost Office):


Advocating for and promoting inclusive excellence at UMBC

Meeting informally with candidates for faculty positions

Regularly convening affinity members

Advancing the recruitment, retention, and promotion of affinity members 

Enhancing the visibility of affinity members 


Current leaders and terms:

Shuyan Sun, Chair, (Fall 2022-Spring 2025; Psychology)

Emily Yoon, Vice Chair (Spring 2022-Fall 2024, currently on leave; English)

Secretary - Vacant since Fall 2023

Sharon Tran, Member-At-Large (Fall 2022-Spring 2025; English)

Liang Zhu, Member-At-Large (Spring 2022-Fall 2024; Mechanical Engineering)

Mohan Sundaram, Member-At-Large (Fall 2023-Spring 2026; Information Systems)






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********* Ricky Blissett (AAAFSC Member) will be presenting *********


Asian Americans and Education: 
Defining Justice and Defining Race

Ricky Blissett
Associate Director 
Center for Democracy and Civic Life, UMBC
October 2, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm | University Center 310 | UMBC Main Campus
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The UMBC Department of Education Research Seminar series continues with a presentation by Dr. Ricky Blissett of the UMBC Center for Democracy and Civic Life.  Dr. Blissett will explore what it means to address racism and move toward justice through policy design, with a focus on race conscious policymaking. Critical to this conversation are the intertwined histories of the U.S. education system and modern day Asian America, and participants will come away with nuanced understandings that help us navigate some of our most challenging current political controversies in education.

All members of the department, partners/collaborators, and students/faculty from other departments and institutions are invited to attend.  Lunch will be provided by the department.  Please RSVP by completing this form by 1 October:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1R3LcoqSJqHLWKGLIdXVyum89R2X7nKfpyLWw3is7byJwpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Save the Dates for Future Sessions of the Fall 2024 Seminar Series
(see attached poster)

November 6 | 12:00-1:00pm | UC 310
"An Exploration of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Generative AI: Applying the Technological Acceptance Model"
Shuling Yang (Department of Education, UMBC; new member of AAAFSC!)

December 4 | 12:00-1:00pm | UC 310
"Who Gets Seats in Selective Magnet Schools in a Majority-Black School District?"
Jane Arnold Lincove (School of Public Policy, UMBC) and Jon Valant (Brookings Institution)




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The Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) invites you to join us at our upcoming public forum with NIH Director Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli and Principal Deputy Director Lawrence A. Tabak. The event is taking place online tomorrow, Thursday, September 19 at 3pm ET, and you can register here. Additionally, we encourage you to anonymously submit questions for the NIH via our online form here. 


After Dr. Bertagnolli’s recent statement in support of the Asian American and Asian immigrant scientists and scholars, as well as the NIH’s release of a decision matrix and memo guidance on how to assess potential foreign interference in research, we understand that our communities may have questions. As a result, AASF is bringing together this public forum and facilitating a space for folks to ask NIH any questions they may have. To encourage openness, questions submitted through the online form will be posed anonymously.


We hope you can attend and share widely with your networks. For ease, please find links to our social media posts here: X, LinkedIn, Instagram


With thanks,
Fatimah


Fatimah Hameed-Burne (she/her)

Associate Director of Policy & Litigation

Asian American Scholar Forum

1776 Broadway, Ste 1101

New York, NY 10019

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Welcome to Fall 2024!  

This is a reminder about our community building event on Friday 9/27.  Please RSVP by Thursday 9/12 so we can place the correct lunch order.

In the past we always prepared extra lunches for our on-campus catered events, but extras will not be ordered for the 9/27 event. Our group is growing rapidly and inflation is skyrocketing yet our budget stays the same, which means we have to be frugal this year. That said, if you are available to attend the 9/27 event for at least five minutes, please click the "Going in Person" button on the event page so your lunch will be ordered. 

RSVP 9/27 event here: 

https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/aaafsc/events/130186 


Last year's financial report can be found here (access restricted to UMBC only). 


Have a great start of the new semester. We look forward to seeing you in five weeks!  


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The National Archives Foundation cordially invites you to a reception in the National Archives Rotunda featuring rare documents recognizing the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Unit—the most decorated for its size and length of service—comprised of 12,000 Japanese-American volunteers.

This reception will be followed by a special public program celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

May 1, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in the National Archives Building, 701 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408. 

The program begins at 7:30 p.m. 

Link to RSVP:  https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=1f1b3c42-a775-4832-b688-5d15cbb58891&envId=p-AswWTOJrG0-yPLtFgxtdzA&zone=usa&mc_cid=d5a64060a8&mc_eid=UNIQID

Perspectives on History: AAPI Voices in the American Story

In celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, join us for an evening conversation about the role historians and media have played in our nation's cultural storytelling and the impact Asian American and Pacific Islanders have and will continue to have on that narrative in the future. This evening will be moderated by MSNBC/NBC journalist and author Richard Lui, with panelists:

  • Stewart Kwoh, founding president of Asian Americans Advancing Justice,
  • Dr. Karen Korematsu, founder and president of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, and;
  • Gisela Perez Kusakawa, executive director of Asian American Scholar Forum.

Important Information for guests:

Guests will enter through the special events entrance beginning at 6:15 p.m.
Valet parking will be available at the corner of Constitution and 7th.
Suggested attire is business professional.

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Dear AAAFSC Community,

Please consider attending the two events below on May 1st to support our colleagues and students!  Please also encourage students in your classes and research labs to attend!


2024 Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards, May 1, 2024 , 1:30 a.m. Community Lunch, 12 p.m. Awards Ceremony, University Center Ballroom

Liang Zhu and Vandana Janeja will be receiving the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Awards this year! 

Link to register: https://facultystaffawards.umbc.edu/





Dr. Madeline Hsu, Asian Student Migrations and the Transformative Outcomes of Higher Education Institutions (UMBC Immigrant Appreciation Day Closing Keynote), May 1, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ITE 104

Link to register: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/lhfa/events/129448

Asian student migrations reveal most clearly the stark contradictions between the restrictive and selective priorities of immigration regulation. Over the past two centuries of intensification both of globalization and nation-state regulation of migration, the continued privileging of Asian student mobilities, employment, and settlements underscore that this category of migrants is multilaterally regarded as beneficial and meriting legal protections and support. Education and its pursuit produce persons with enhanced capacities for cross-cultural exchanges and negotiations and certified enhanced skills and expertise, whose circulations bolster international relationships and spread influence among societies partnered through student exchanges.  For these reasons, Asian educational migrants constitute revealing exceptions to the late nineteenth-century hardening of border security regimes around the world which prioritized racial difference and national origins for exclusion and greater restriction, particularly targeting Asian persons.  Abundant scholarship has explored the international emergence of ideologies and institutions for immigration restriction constructed with the goals of segregating Asians.   Equally foundational, however, has been the parallel and ongoing recruitment of Asian students as agents who may foster international influence but also for their eventual employment and resettlement as valued knowledge workers.  Status as educational migrants contravened the racialization of Asians as inassimilable, inferior others. Asian student migrations thus underscore the necessity of exploring migration and migration regulation along a fuller spectrum, not just of restriction of racialized undesirables, but also of recruitment of valued knowledge migrants who enjoy encouragement and legal protections and access to legal migration.  
]]> Dear AAAFSC Community, Please consider attending the two events below on May 1st to support our colleagues and students!  Please also encourage students in your classes and research labs to... https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/141260/guest@my.umbc.edu/01d96066b979a4629b762ff6c354f352/api/pixel Asian & Asian American Faculty & Staff Council https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/aaafsc https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/xsmall.png?1490208817 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/original.jpeg?1490208817 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/xxlarge.png?1490208817 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/xlarge.png?1490208817 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/large.png?1490208817 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/medium.png?1490208817 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/small.png?1490208817 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/xsmall.png?1490208817 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/330/94ddadbbdb616fb525b5072e500c09df/xxsmall.png?1490208817 Asian & Asian American Faculty & Staff Council 0 0 false Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:16:13 -0400 Federal Careers for Students

Federal Careers for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Students (see invitation attached).

 

The registration link is as follows: https://pp.events/whiaanhpi

 

The federal career event will be at University of Maryland College Park on Friday, April 19th, from 12:00 PM to 2:15 PM. After welcoming remarks, we will have a panel of federal employees describing their path to federal service from 12:20pm to 12:50pm, followed by federal agency tables providing resources for college students from 1:15pm to 2:15pm, and an interactive activity to elicit feedback from AANHPI college students about their experience.

 

We are planning to have a closed-door faculty listening session from 1:30pm to 2:15pm concurrent with the student tabling. We very much would like your faculty to participate in this opportunity to voice their perspectives directly with the White House Initiative for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. We can follow-up with further details via email.



Lanlan Xu & Jacqueline Burgette

WHIAANHPI Region 3 Co-leads

https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/regional-network/








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Liang Zhu (Mechanical Engineering) was selected as a recipient of the 2024 University System of Maryland Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring, the highest honor that the Board of Regents bestows to recognize exemplary faculty achievement. Congratulations, Liang! 

As an internationally recognized expert in biotransport, Dr. Zhu has successfully established and sustained an extramurally funded research program in heat and mass transfer in biomedical systems. In 2015, Dr. Zhu was elected as a fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a rare honor reserved only for the most influential mechanical engineers. As a mentor with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, Dr. Zhu has been a defining factor in the success of students and junior faculty at UMBC. 

Retention in engineering has been a nationwide challenge in higher education, especially for public institutions. To enhance retention and graduation for undergraduate mechanical engineering students at UMBC, Dr. Zhu single-handedly established the ME S-STEM Scholars Program in 2010. The program uses evidence-based mentoring practices to enhance students’ research skills, self-efficacy, sense of belonging, and applied experience. In the past 13 years, the program has provided intensive mentoring and scholarships to 135 students from diverse backgrounds. The success of this program is unparalleled by every measure:

  • 86% of the scholars were retained in mechanical engineering, which is 46% higher than students not in the scholarship program at UMBC, 
  • 35% of the scholars moved on to pursue graduate STEM degrees, which is 25% higher than students not in the scholarship program at UMBC, 
  • 65% of the scholars were employed in the industry, including top-notch employers like Applied Physics Laboratory and Northrop Grumman, and
  • 100% of the scholars earned degrees in 4 or 4.5 years, which is significantly higher than the ASEE national benchmarks of 40% completion within four years and 65% within six years. 

Dr. Zhu is also an excellent mentor to graduate students and junior faculty at UMBC. Many of her graduate students have become leaders in industry and academia to conduct innovative work of societal significance. She has devoted a tremendous amount of her efforts to mentoring junior faculty within and outside of her home department. In addition to one-on-one mentoring, she leads campus-wide efforts in recruiting and advancing women and minority faculty. These efforts having been transforming the inclusive culture at UMBC and beyond.   

Congratulations again, Liang! You are an inspiration! 

(Photo: Liang and the ME S-STEM scholars)
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