From Growing Disadvantages to Strategic Adaptation: The Permanent Evolution of Asian American Men’s Socioeconomic Status, 1940 to 2018—22

Colloquium in March 2025 ChangHwan Kim (University of Kansas, Department of Sociology) Stereotypical images of Asian Americans have shifted from unassimilable aliens to the Model Minority, and Strategic Adaptation has been proposed as a key mechanism of their success. However, few studies have explored the origins and evolution of Strategic Read more…

Community-Based Participatory Research to Promote Health among Immigrants and Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Colloquium in Oct. 2021 Jang, Sou Hyun (Professor, Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan Univ., South Korea) There has been a plethora of research to reduce health disparities with various research methods. In the current presentation, I introduce community-based participatory research (CBPR) and how it differs from the traditional research methods. Read more…