Beyond the Box: Beyond a Legacy of Firsts: Homemaking in Academia as a Khmer American Daughter and Scholar
Monday, May 6, 12:45pm- 2:15pm - LAC- T1200
Dr. Varaxy Yi is a Khmer American scholar, first-generation college student, and child of refugees. As a first and eldest daughter, she has navigated higher education and academic to fight for and create a home for her Khmer and Southeast Asian American community. In this talk, Dr. Yi narrates her experience navigating higher education as a first daughter to earning tenure as the first Khmer American woman to do so at Fresno State. Additionally, Dr. Yi provides an overview of her research on advancing racial justice in education for Southeast Asian American college students. Presented in partnership with Ethnic Studies.
STUDENT ONLY
If you require Sign language interpreting services or
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)
services, please contact the event organizer, and
Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) at (562) 938-4558 or
dsps-staff@lbcc.edu and
Stephanie Bonales at sbonales@lbcc.edu or (562)
938-4918 at least 72 hours prior to the event.
FACULTY AND STAFF
ONLY
If you require Sign language interpreting
services, please contact the event organizer, and
Rebecca Lucas at rlucas@lbcc.edu at least 5 business
days prior to the event.
If you require Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services, please contact the event organizer, and Elizabeth Perez-Rodriguez at cart@lbcc.edu at least 5 business days prior to the event. *Please note requests are based on provider availability, the more advance notice the better.*