Resources for Staff and Faculty

• Voices Unheard: Uncovering the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian American Youth - Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC).
• Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders in Higher Education: A Collection of Campus Research to Inform Student Success (2023)
• The State of Higher Education in California: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (May 2022)
• National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) reports page
• The Racialized Experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander Students: An Examination of Campus Racial Climate at the University of California, Los Angeles
• The Illusion of Asian Success: Scant Progress for Minorities in Cracking the Glass Ceiling from 2007-2015
• Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs): A Resource Guide
• A Community of Contrasts: Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
• Looking Beyond the "Model Minority": Achievement Gaps Among Asian American Students
• An Uneven Playing Field: The Complex Educational Experiences of Asian Americans
• Eliminating Standardized Testing to Increase Access: Southeast Asian Americans and the University of California System
• Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students' Mental Health Needs

• AAPI Data: Demographic Data & Policy Research on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
• Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Blog
• South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) blog
• Not Your Wedge (Asian Americans and Affirmative Action)

• UC San Diego Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Undergraduate Dashboards
• UC San Diego Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Graduate Dashboards
• University of California Infocenter Disaggregated Enrollment and Degrees

Below is a brief collection of books that you may find helpful to read in learning more about APIMEDA students, communities, and histories.  This is not a comprehensive list, but a place to start your reading.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education, edited by Doris Ching and Amefil Agbayani

Asian Americans on Campus, by Rosalind Chou, Kristen Lee, and Simon Ho

Designing Transformative Multicultural Initiatives, edited by Sherry Watt

Focusing on the Underserved, edited by Sam Museus, Amefil Agbayani, and Doris Ching

Islamophobia in Higher Education, edited by Shafiqa Ahmadi and Darnell Cole

Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs, by Raechele Pope, Amy Reynolds, and John Mueller

Muslim American Women on Campus, by Shibana Mir

New Directions for Higher Education: Contemporary Issues Facing Asian Americans in Higher Education, edited by Samuel Museus and Marie Ting

New Directions for Student Services: Bridging Research and Practice to Support Asian American Students, edited by Dina Maramba and Corinne Kodama

The Asian American Achievement Paradox, by Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou

The Misrepresented Minority, edited by Samuel Museus, Dina Maramba, and Robert Teranishi

The Ocean in the School: Pacific Islander Students Transforming Their University by Rick Bonus

Transformative Practices for Minority Student Success, edited by Dina Maramba and Timothy Fong

Below are curated videos from the 2022 Symposium for Enhancing the Experiences of Students of Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern Descent.

• Opening remarks + Grounding led by Provost Wayne Yang - APIMEDA: What Makes Us and "Us"
• Pulling the Curtain off the Southeast Asian American (SEAA) Student Experience by Kathy Vilaysith
• Racialized Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders by Keynote speaker Mike Hoa Nguyen