Dr. Eliza Noh on Asian American Female Suicidality
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 3pm - 5pm
Storrs Campus - Laurel Hall, 202
Admission free & open to the public
"Casualties" of the Model Minority Myth: The Role of Racial Ideology in Asian American Female Suicidality
Dr. ELIZA NOH - Associate Professor, Asian American Studies Program, California State University, Fullerton
Dr. Noh’s research interests include suicide among Asian American women, race, gender, coloniality and imperial transnationalism. She earned her doctoral degree in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley, and her bachelors in Women’s Studies with a Sociology concentration from Columbia. She currently serves on the CSUF Students of Concern, Suicide Prevention, and Vietnamese American Taskforces.
Co-sponsors: Asian American Cultural Center, Counseling and Mental Health Services, Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority
More information available at: http://hss.fullerton.edu/asian-american/.facultypage/enoh.asp
For more information, contact: Sheila Kucko at asacc@uconn.edu