Skip Navigation
Search

AAAS STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

As part of AAPI Heritage Month celebrations, students working on Asian and Asian American topics presented their research to a captive audience of students, faculty and community members. This event was hosted by the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies in partnership with University Libraries.



Learn more about the presenters and their research below:

“Careful the Things You Say, Children Will Listen”: How Chinese American Parents Influence Anti-Black Racial Attitudes Based on Their Child’s Gender

Presenter: Kaya Rexford, Asian & Asian American Studies/Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Advisor: Sandra So Hee Chi Kim

Where Can Queer Go?: The Price of Nonconformity and the Embrace of Nature in the Face of Patriarchy

Presenter: Grace Sargent, Graduate student in English

Advisor: Jeffrey Santa Ana

 

Capturing the Spirits of Japan: Life and Impact of Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan

Presenter: Alexandria Locke, Biology/Japanese Studies & Meghan Mallia, Political Science/Japanese Studies

Advisor: Eva Nagase

 

The East Villages of New York and Beijing as Sites of Contemporary Chinese Art

Presenter: Yulong Hu, Graduate student in Art History and Criticism

Advisor: Andrew Uroskie and Sohl Lee

 

“Find God!”: The Blinding Light of the Sufi and Bhakti Devotional Paths

Presenter: Naomi Kirkup, Asian & Asian American Studies/China Studies/Religious Studies/South Asian Studies

Advisor: Atsuko Oyama

 

Japanese Courses in the SUNY System: Their Modalities and Potential Outcomes 

Presenter: Veronica Peck, Graduate student in Contemporary Asian & Asian American Studies

Advisor: Eriko Sato & Gregory Ruf

 

Is Egui the New Yabai?: Generational Differences and Semantic Shift

Presenter: Ayaka Mayo, Graduate student in Contemporary Asian & Asian American Studies

Advisor: Atsuko Oyama

Program With Abstracts 

Presenter Slides