DEI Spotlight Event: Dr. Alexander Jun and the Model Minority Myth, April 13
On April 13, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m., the Office of DEI and the Manassas Campus welcome Dr. Alexander Jun to present, “Model Minority or Perpetual Foreigner?: A Conversation on Equity Beyond the Binary.” His presentation will be held in MC-226.
Alexander Jun, Ph.D., is an educational researcher and equity scholar who has published extensively on issues of postsecondary education. The is author of a number of publications, including From Here to University: Access, Mobility & Resilience Among Latino Youth, as well as three books in a series examining white supremacy and served as Managing Editor for the Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Dr. Jun is also a former TEDx speaker and a former global fellow with the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS); he was an international research fellow with the National Centre of Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University and scholar in residence at Belmont University in 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in education policy from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He is currently professor of higher education in the Department of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University’s School of Behavior and Applied Sciences. He joined APU’s faculty after 15 years of service as a faculty member and administrator at the University of Southern California.
Click here to view a recording of Dr. Jun’s story slam, “On Eating DIScomfort Food.”
Submitted by:
Ed Aymar, DEI Communications Coord., EAymar@nvcc.edu