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.
STUDENTS ONLY
If you require Sign language interpreting services or
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)
services , please contact the event contact person and
Stephanie Bonales at least 72 hours prior to the event at (562)
938-4918 or sbonales@lbcc.edu.
FACULTY AND STAFF
ONLY
If you require Sign language interpreting
services, please contact the event contact person 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 contact person
and Jaymee Hunt at cart@lbcc.edu at least 5 business days
prior to the event. *Please note requests are based on provider
availability*