Negotiating Asian American Identities: Collaborative Self-Study of Korean Immigrant Scholars’ Reading Group on AsianCri

Authors

Taeyeon Kim, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Soo Bin Jang, St. Mary’s College of MarylandFollow
Jin Keong Jung, Texas Tech UniversityFollow
Minhye Son, California State University, Dominguez HillsFollow
Sun Young Lee, Wichita State UniversityFollow

ORCID IDs

Taeyeon Kim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-9851

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-13-2023

Citation

Published in Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2023

doi:10.1037/dhe0000481

Comments

Copyright © 2023 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Published by the American Psychological Association. Used by permission.

"This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal."

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand how Korean immigrant women early career scholars in higher education in the United States explore their Asian American identities in the identity-based community space. The study considered qualitative data generated by five authors in a collaborative reading group learning more about AsianCrit literature. Our analysis revealed that AsianCrit was used as a tool for revisiting our racialized experiences, negotiating tensions around key constructs of AsianCrit informed by transnational perspectives, and embracing Asian American identities in pursuit of solidarity. The findings contribute to expanding the scholarship of AsianCrit by highlighting its utility and possibilities to support transnational or first-generation Asian immigrants’ identity exploration in higher education. Moreover, the findings signify the identity-informed peer mentoring as a way to build Asian solidarity.

Includes Appendix A and Appendix B.