Abstract:Research on Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) has primarily focused on student-level experiences and outcomes. The current study shifts the gaze from the impact of programs on students to the execution of those programs by focusing on practitioners-program directors (PDs)-that manage the day-to-day operations of the AANAPISI grant-funded programs. We conducted interviews with five PDs to understand their role as an AANAPISI program director, the unanticipated … Show more
“…Scholarship on the experiences of AANAPISI practitioners are only beginning to emerge. Nguyen et al (2022) examined the experiences and roles of five AANAPISI program directors. They found that the role often extended beyond focusing on the students involved with the programs they directed.…”
This article explores the experiences of project directors at two‐year Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander serving institutions in the Midwest. Specifically, we examined how project directors faced racialized campus environments, navigated support structures (or the lack thereof), and continually combatted misperceptions about the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AA/PI) communities and the Midwest. We discussed the isolation, myths, lack of institutional support, and campus climate for project directors and AA/PI communities. We end with recommendations.
“…Scholarship on the experiences of AANAPISI practitioners are only beginning to emerge. Nguyen et al (2022) examined the experiences and roles of five AANAPISI program directors. They found that the role often extended beyond focusing on the students involved with the programs they directed.…”
This article explores the experiences of project directors at two‐year Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander serving institutions in the Midwest. Specifically, we examined how project directors faced racialized campus environments, navigated support structures (or the lack thereof), and continually combatted misperceptions about the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AA/PI) communities and the Midwest. We discussed the isolation, myths, lack of institutional support, and campus climate for project directors and AA/PI communities. We end with recommendations.
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