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Special Issue of Trans en las Américas is now Available in Spanish
April 5, 2021
The Special Issue of Trans en las Américas, coedited by Ethnic Studies Prof. Juana María Rodríguez, along with Cole Riski, Claudia Sofía Garriga-López, and Denilson Lopes is now available in Spanish. This translation of this issue was made possible in part by contribution from the LGBTQ Cluster of the Institute for...
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy in Berkeley Conversations and Matrix on Point Panel about Anti-Asian Violence
April 5, 2021
From Donald Trump’s calling COVID-19 the “Chinese virus” to the recent wave of violent attacks in the Bay Area, the past year has seen a sharp increase in racist attacks on Asians and Asian Americans. The causes and consequences of this racism were at the center of a Berkeley Conversations...
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Co-Authored Essay by Catherine Ceniza Choy and Greg Choy in New Edition of Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption
April 5, 2021
The new edition of Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption, edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin, has been published by University of Minnesota Press. Catherine Ceniza Choy and Greg Choy have a co-authored essay "What Lies Beneath: Reframing Daughter from Danang" in this landmark publication. ...
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on NPR Code Switch on the History of Filipino Nurses in the US
April 5, 2021
This March 31, 2021, NPR Code Switch episode spotlights Filipino nurses in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring reporting by The Atlantic Experiment’s Gabrielle Berbey and Tracie Hunte, the work of Jollene Levid and Kanlungan to remember the Filipino nurses who died and how they lived, and Professor Choy's book Empire...
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Ethnic Studies Alum Wins Prize!
March 25, 2021
Ethnic Studies alum and University of Minnesota Assistant Professor Gabriela Spears-Rico is the recipient of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, 2021–23, and the Institute for Advanced Studies Residential Faculty Fellowship, Spring 2022. Congratulations Gabriela! We are all so very proud of your accomplishments! https://cla.umn.edu/chicano-latino/news-events/announcement/gabriela-spears-rico-has-won-mcknight-land-grant-professorship?fbclid=IwAR1N1TmQieYnRkdiXfggVH4GLu9tRkf-N7V9Wmqyw36z3F7KkhcDVmVj1is
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Ethnic Studies Emeriti Professor; Eveyln Nakano Glenn in the New York Times
March 25, 2021
So exciting to see this powerful interview with Emeriti Professor of Ethnic Studies, Eveyln Nakano Glenn, in the New York Times. She was the first Ethnic Studies faculty for whom I served as a GSI when I was a graduate student. Her scholarship continues to teach and inspire us so...
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on KQED Morning Edition on the Surge of Anti-Asian Violence and the Importance of Race and Gender
March 24, 2021
Police said the murderer in Atlanta wasn’t motivated by race. But advocates say race and gender can't be divorced. On March 22, 2021, Brian Watt talks with Catherine Ceniza Choy, a professor of Asian American history. https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/advocates-react-to-the-atlanta-killer-not-being-mo?#description
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on NBC TODAY Show on Racism and Misogyny in Atlanta Spa Shootings
March 24, 2021
NBC's Jo Ling Kent interviewed Rep. Judy Chu of California and Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy for this story, which was broadcast on NBC's Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist on March 21, 2021. They emphasize the importance of racism and misogyny in these tragic shootings. https://www.today.com/video/atlanta-spa-shootings-spotlight-spike-in-violence-against-asian-americans-108881989834
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on ABC 20/20 Special, “20/20 Murder in Atlanta”
March 24, 2021
Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed about racism and sexism in Asian American history as part of the ABC 20/20 special “20/20 Murder in Atlanta,” which aired on March 19, 2021. You can stream the full episode on HULU. Prof. Choy appears in the second half in a segment that includes Asian American...
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on the Atlanta Murders on KTVU 10 o’clock News
March 24, 2021
On March 18, 2021, Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed on KTVU 10 o'clock by reporter Jana Katsuyama. Experts say motive in Atlanta spa attacks points to racism and sexism. "One of the ways we can learn from this experience is to think critically of some of these popular images...