The next psychology colloquium is scheduled for this Wednesday April 21st at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr.Sapna Cheryan from the Psychology Department of University of Washington will be presenting her work titled “Understanding Oppression Faced by Asian Americans.” We hope that you will join us!
Abstract: Different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. have been subordinated in different ways. This work integrates a dimension of cultural foreignness (Zou & Cheryan, 2017) along with the more commonly studied dimension of perceived status to understand forms of prejudice faced by Asian Americans. Using controlled laboratory and field experiments, self-generated discrimination experiences, and U.S. court cases, I will demonstrate Asian Americans’ perceived positioning as culturally foreign in U.S society and consequences for the forms of discrimination they face. I will further provide experimental evidence that discrimination based cultural foreignness may be seen by White Americans as less harmful than other forms of discrimination. This work moves beyond a “one size fits all” approach to discrimination to document the distinct forms of discrimination faced by Asian Americans in U.S. society and the accompanying challenges in addressing these forms of discrimination.
Event link for attendees:
https://zoom.us/j/94932983678?pwd=N29ubGlpVk5nM25FVVNtSHlJNmttUT09
Meeting ID: 949 3298 3678
Passcode: 20210421
The remaining colloquium scheduled is listed below. All talks will take place online at 3:30pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted.
April 28th 2021
Dr. Brandy Simula
Georgia Institute of Technology
Invited by Science of Learning & Art of Communication (SLAC)
For more information, contact: Merrisa Lin at merrisa.lin@uconn.edu