Professor Choi featured in a webminar:
“Director’s Pick: The Asian American Experience – Debunking Model Minority Myth”
Watch our very own Chief Investigator, Dr. Yoonsun Choi, featured in the above video discussing topics related to anti-AAPI violence and hate in the COVID era, affirmative action in admissions policies, and the persistent spectre of the model minority myth among many other topics.
Narratives of new immigrant families moving to the United States with dreams of a better future have always been complex. First-generation adjustments to an unfamiliar culture, second-generation complexities of identity, and subsequent generational assimilation issues all pose challenges of integration. No matter how integrated into society the “model minority” may be, they still face discrimination and today even hate crimes.
What does it mean to grow up with the model minority label in the 21st century? How has COVID exacerbate the violence against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community? How do Asian Americans now navigate the place they call home in new world order?
This webminar features the following scholars:
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Dr. Yoonsun Choi, Professor of Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, The University of Chicago
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Dr. Matthew Briones, Associate Professor of American History and the College The University of Chicago
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Dr. Ellen Wu Associate Professor, Department of History Indiana University
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Professor Choi featured in a podcast:
Episode 50 - Yoonsun Choi: "I got the data."
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Watch our Chief Investigator, Dr. Yoonsun Choi, featured in the podcast challenges the social norms of being an educated female of her time and continues questioning people's assumptions of Asian Americans as model minorities through her research that follows hundreds of families over the course of many years. Her childhood in Korea, journey to the US, and aspirations to make the world a better place as a social worker eventually brought her to the University of Chicago. Listen to her excitement at being able to share the results of her studies.
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Created by The University of Chicago Yuen Campus in Hong Kong, The Course is a compilation of personal conversations with professors from The University of Chicago. Each episode features one professor, where they talk about who they are outside lecture halls, the path that led them to become a professor, and all the ups and downs along the way.
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Professor Choi featured in a lecture:
“Mitigating the Detrimental Effects of Racial Discrimination”
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Watch our Chief Investigator, Dr. Yoonsun Choi, featured in the above video discussing mitigating the detrimental effects of racial discrimination, focusing on social support, ethnic identity, and racial/ethnic socialization within the family
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About Michael Davis Lectures: Each academic semester, the Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS) sponsors the Michael M. Davis Lecture Series which brings renowned policy experts, researchers and commentators to the University to explore the intersection of health policy and the broad needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. CHAS also provides support for conferences and workshops focused on issues surrounding health services and health policy research.
About #UChicagoCHAS: Experts in health service delivery, policy and research associated with vulnerable populations. Supporting innovation and discovery everywhere.
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Professor Choi featured in a webinar:
“Supporting Asian American Children and Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Watch our very own Chief Investigator, Dr. Yoonsun Choi, in another video from the SRCD as she joins other child development experts to answer questions related to supporting Asian and American Pacific Islander (AAPI) children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This 60-minute webinar, co-sponsored by SRCD’s Asian Caucus, gave parents, caregivers, and educators a chance to ask child development experts pressing questions on how to support Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Featured experts:
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Yoonsun Choi, (The University of Chicago)
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Charissa S.L. Cheah, (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
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Richard M. Lee, (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
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Rashmita S. Mistry, (University of California, Los Angeles),
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Kaveri Subrahmanyam, (California State University, Los Angeles)
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Tiffany Yip, (Fordham University)
Additional resources for Asian/Asian American families during the pandemic can be found on the SRCD Resource Page.
Professor Choi featured in a video:
“How Diversity Enhances the Contributions of Developmental Science”
Watch our very own Chief Investigator, Dr. Yoonsun Choi, featured in the above video concerning the role that diversity plays in child development! Read on for more information from the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
New “Hidden Figures” Video:
How Diversity Enhances the Contributions of Developmental Science
SRCD is pleased to share “How Diversity Enhances the Contributions of Developmental Science,” the third of four videos produced as part of the “Hidden Figures” in Developmental Science series. The project, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, aims to increase the visibility of leading developmental scientists of color who have made critical research contributions and paved the way, through mentoring and advocacy, for younger scholars of color.
This video features the following scholars:
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Dr. Yoonsun Choi, Professor of The School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago
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Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer, Marshall Field IV Professor of Urban Education & Life Course Human Development, The University of Chicago
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Dr. Cynthia García Coll, Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor Emerita, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus
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Dr. Diane Hughes, Professor of Applied Psychology, NYU Steinhardt
For the full list of scholars featured in the series and links to the first two videos, visit the Teaching Resources Webpage.
Professor Choi featured in a video:
“Growing Up Korean American (코리안 어메리칸으로 성장하기)"
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Watch our Chief Investigator, Dr. Yoonsun Choi, featured in the above video exploring how the immigrant parent generation often maintains Korean cultural traditions, she also spoke about how some of these traditions persevere among second-generation youth. Further, Professor Choi discussed the impact of youth acculturation in family processes and their own development. A large theme of the talk was that biculturalism, although overall a potentially positive factor, is much more complicated than current literature suggests.
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In 2018, the Research Center for Korean Community (RCKC) hosted their second seminar of 2018. Our very own ML-SAAF Principal Investigator, Professor Yoonsun Choi, gave a talk, "Growing Up Korean American (코리안 어메리칸으로 성장하기)." Professor Choi integrated several recent studies she has been working on, including findings from MLSAAF.
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Past Presentations
Debunking The Model Student Minority Myth
Marcie Sillman talks with Yoonsun Choi, University of Chicago professor, about the "model minority" myth and why lumping Asian students in one category makes it harder for people to succeed.
Presented by Yoonsun Choi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago. Welcome by Larry E. Davis, Dean, School of Social Work
Introduction by Yodit Betru, DSW, LCSW, Clinical Assistant Professor and Agency Coordinator for the Child Welfare Education and Research Programs at the School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh.