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Friday, April 21
Location: Buffalo Room (10 Capen Hall), University at Buffalo North Campus
8:30-9:00 Registration and refreshments
9:00-9:15 Welcoming remarks
A. Scott Weber, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Nojin Kwak, Vice Provost for International Education
9:15-11:00 Crossing Boundaries in Asian Studies
Andrew Walder, Stanford University
Area Studies and Social Science Disciplines: Perennial Themes
Philip Lutgendorf, University of Iowa
Reflections on an ‘Undisciplined’ Career (or) Where Studying a ‘Great Book’ May Take You.”
Sonja M. Kim, Binghamton University
Seeking Space, Living History, Studying Asia/America
Moderator: Walt Hakala, Asian Studies Program/Department of English
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:25 Current Issues in Public Health in Asia
Zuo-Feng Zhang, University of California-Los Angeles
Current Issues in Public Health in Asia
Moderator: Lina Mu, School of Public Health
12:25-1:40 Lunch Break
1:40-3:15 UB Faculty Research Panel 1 on Asia
Jin Young Song, School of Architecture and Planning
From Joinery to Facade: Learning from Asia in Pursuit of a Carbon-Neutral Built Environment
Nadine “Shaanta” Murshid, School of Social Work
Love and Desire Among Transnational Middle-Class Bangladeshis in the US
Tsugumi “Mimi” Okabe, Asian Studies Program
From Otaku to Scholar: "Playing," Teaching and Researching Japanese Pop Culture
Moderator: Mitsuaki Shimojo, Department of Linguistics
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-5:00 Education in Asia and the U.S.
Joseph Tobin, University of Georgia
Continuity and Change in Chinese and Japanese Preschools
Ming Ming Chiu, Education University of Hong Kong
Macro- and Micro-Inequalities Harm Learning
Moderator/Discussant: X. Christine Wang, Graduate School of Education
Discussant: Jaekyung Lee, Graduate School of Education
Saturday, April 22
Location: Buffalo Room (10 Capen Hall), University at Buffalo North Campus
8:30-9:00 Registration and refreshments
9:00-10:30 UB Faculty Research Panel on Asia 2
Wooksoo Kim, School of Social Work
Asia in Buffalo: The Dream vs. the Reality for Refugees
Jieun Lee, Department of Political Science
Corporate America and the U.S.- China Trade War
Yige Dong, Departments of Sociology and Global Gender & Sexuality Studies
The Dilemma of Foxconn Moms: Social Reproduction and the Rise of ‘Gig Manufacturing’ in China
Moderator: Mark Nathan, Asian Studies Program / Department of History
10:45-11:10 Break
11:00-12:30 Being Asian in America: Politics, Education, and the Pandemic
Angie Chung, University at Albany
Koreatown Politics and the Future of "Ethnic" Enclaves
Eujin Park, Stanford University
Contesting “Asian American” through Education
Justin Huang, University of Michigan
The cost of anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic
Moderator: Zhiqiang Liu, Department of Economics
