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Tentative
Conference
Program
Breakfast & Registration
(8:30AM -
9:00AM)
Introduction
& Greetings (9:00AM
- 9:45AM)
Emcee:
Frank Shih,
Assistant
Dean of
Students,
CUNY School
of Law
Joyce Moy,
Interim
Executive
Director,
Asian
American /
Asian
Research
Institute,
CUNY
James
Muyskens,
President,
Queens
College,
CUNY
William
Kelly,
President,
CUNY
Graduate
Center
Ellen Young,
Member, New
York State
Assembly
Jay
Hershenson,
Senior Vice
Chancellor,
University
Relations,
CUNY
Betty Lee
Sung, Chair,
Asian
American /
Asian
Research
Institute,
CUNY
Topic:
"Overview of
Asian
American
Women, U.S.
Census Data"
Concurrent
Session 1
(9:55AM -
11:15AM)
Health
Wellness
Moderator:
Kiyoka
Koizumi,
Health &
Nutrition, Brooklyn
College,
CUNY
Panelists
Deborah
Hong, MPA, Health
Education
Program
Coordinator,
Charles B.
Wang
Community
Health
Center
Rosa
Zhou, MD,
MSc,
Clinical
Directors
Network,
Inc.
Chamanara
Khalida, MD,
MPH,
Clinical
Directors
Network,
Inc.
Yumiko
Fukuda, LMSW,
Director of
Programs,
Asian &
Pacific
Islander
Coalition on
HIV/AIDS
Diana
Berger, MD,
MSc,
Diabetes
Medical
Specialist,
Diabetes
Prevention
and Control
Program, New
York City
Department
of Health
and Mental
Hygiene
Literature:
"Refresh:
Emerging
Asian
American
Storytellers"
Moderator:
Zohra Saed,
Asian
American
Studies,
Hunter
College,
CUNY
Panelists
Manijeh
Nasrabadi,
Writer
Vaimoana
Niumeitolu,
Artist,
Activist,
Educator &
Community
Organizer
Chanika
Svetvilas,
Artist
Lisa Ko,
Writer,
Independent
Lens &
Founding
Staff
Member,
Hyphen
Magazine
Business
Moderator:
Bonnie Wong,
President,
Asian
American
Women in
Business
Panelists
Julie Azuma,
President,
Different
Roads to
Learning
Geetha
Jayaraman,
Grab em
Snacks
Jacqueline
Nguyen,
Massage Envy
New York
Concurrent
Session 2
(11:25AM -
12:45PM)
Balancing
Family: The
Balancing
Act Between
Career and
Family Among
Asian-American
Women
Mathematics
Educators
Moderator: Margaret
Chin, Hunter
College,
CUNY
Panelists
Janet Liou-Mark,
Associate
Professor,
Mathematics
& Honors
College
Coordinator,
NYC College
of
Technology,
CUNY
Sandie Han,
Associate
Professor,
Mathematics,
NYC College
of
Technology,
CUNY
Urmi
Ghosh-Dastidar,
Assistant
Professor,
Mathematics,
NYC College
of
Technology,
CUNY
Sci./Engineering
Moderator:
Harini
Patel,
Chemistry, Medgar Evers
College,
CUNY
Panelists
Jin Kim Montclare,
Assistant
Professor,
Polytech
University
Hiroko Karan,
Executive
Director,
Office of
Research and
Sponsored
Programs,
Medgar Evers
College
Shiuquin
Zhou,
Professor,
Polymer
Science,
College of
Staten
Island, CUNY
Topic: Good
Luck, Hard
Work, and
Family
Support
Public
Administration
Moderator:
Linda T.
Chin,
Assistant
Professor,
Criminal
Justice &
Legal
Studies, St.
John's
University
Panelists
Ginny Gong,
President,
Organization
of Chinese
Americans
Dorothy
Chin-Brandt,
Supreme
Court
Justice,
Queens
County, NY
Jyoti
Venketraman,
Women of
Color Policy
Network,
Wagner, NYU
Topic: Asian
American
Women in
Public
Adminstration
Lunch &
Keynote
(12:45PM –
2:05PM)
Emcee:
Hiroko
Karan,
Vice-Chair,
Asian
American /
Asian
Research
Institute,
CUNY
Presenter:
Linda T.
Chin,
Assistant
Professor,
Criminal
Justice &
Legal
Studies, St.
John's
University
Asian
American
Leadership
Award:
Vishakha N.
Desai,
President, Asia
Society
Presenter:
Diana Li,
Financial
Analyst and
Assistant
Vice
President,
Citi
Corporate
Operations
and
Technology
Group
Keynote:
Helen Zia,
Journalist and
Author
Concurrent
Session 3
(2:10PM -
3:30PM)
Community
Advocacy
Moderator:
Suki Terada
Ports,
Founder &
Executive
Director,
Family
Health
Project
Panelists
Jacqueline
Huey, Senior
Director,
NYC Health
and Hospital
Corp.
Noilyn
Absamis-Mendoza,
Manager,
Health
Policy,
Coalition
for Asian
American
Children and
Families
Rhodora Ursua,
MPH,
Co-Founder,
Kalusugan
Coalition,
Inc.
Wendy
Takahisa,
Managing
Director,
Global
Compliance
Programs, Citigroup
New
Demographics
Moderator:
Madhulika
Khandelwal,
Director,
Asian
American
Center,
Queens
College,
CUNY
Panelists
Virginia
Tong, School
of
Education,
Hunter
College,
CUNY
Topic:
Sociocultural
Aspects of
Acculturation:
Silent
Voices of
Chinese
Immigrant
Youth
Kimberly
McKee, Third
Wave
Foundation
Topic: What
Does It Mean
To Be
'Asian':
Navigating
the Adoptee
Experience
Justin
Leroy,
Graduate
Student.
Humanities
and Social
Thought, New
York
University
Media,
Visual, and
Performing
Arts
Moderator:
Sunita Mukhi,
Director,
Asian
American
Programs,
Charles B.
Wang Center,
Stony Brook
University
Panelists
Jaishri
Abhichandani,
Founder,
South Asian
Women's
Creative
Collective
Paz
Tanjuaquio,
Co-director,
Topaz Arts
Michelle Yu,
Sports
Reporter,
NY1 News
Wine and
Cheese Reception
(3:40PM -
5:00PM)
Presenter:
Jennifer
Hayashida,
Coordinator,
Asian
American
Studies
Program,
Hunter
College,
CUNY
Poetry
Reading:
Meena Alexander,
Distinguished
Professor,
Hunter College,
CUNY & CUNY
Graduate Center
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