Negotiating Asian American identities: Collaborative self-study of Korean immigrant scholars’ reading group on AsianCrit.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand how Korean immigrant women early career scholars in higher education in the United States explore their Asian American identities in the identity-based community space. The study considered qualitative data generated by five authors in a collaborative reading group learning more about AsianCrit literature. Our analysis revealed that AsianCrit was used as a tool for revisiting our racialized experiences, negotiating tensions around key constructs of AsianCrit informed by transnational perspectives, and embracing Asian American identities in pursuit of solidarity. The findings contribute to expanding the scholarship of AsianCrit by highlighting its utility and possibilities to support transnational or first-generation Asian immigrants’ identity exploration in higher education. Moreover, the findings signify the identity-informed peer mentoring as a way to build Asian solidarity.

The Voices of Transnational MotherScholars of Emergent Bilinguals

“…Furthermore, those with emergent bilingual children confront challenges posed by monolingual ideologies and deficit views of immigrants and bilingual individuals. Thus, understanding the interplay of multiple forms of oppression among Asian Americans is crucial (Hsieh et al, 2022; Iftikar & Museus, 2018; Kim et al, 2023).…”