OIYAN A. POON, PH.D. Colorado State University

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Education, Social Science and Comparative Education/Race & Ethnic Studies

Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

University of California, Los Angeles

Graduate Certificate, Asian American Studies

University of California, Los Angeles

M.Ed., College Student Affairs Administration

The University of Georgia

B.S., Management (Marketing)

Boston College

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Racial politics of college access and affirmative action

Racial inequalities in education access and higher education

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in higher education

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor August 2017 - Present

Higher Education Leadership, Colorado State University School of Education

Fort Collins, CO

Assistant Professor August 2012 - 2017

Program Chair May-August 2017

Higher Education, Loyola University Chicago School of Education

Chicago, IL

Visiting Research Fellow October 2011 – June 2012

UCLA Institute of American Cultures/Asian American Studies Center

Los Angeles, CA

Youth participatory action research (YPAR) project on educational inequalities in New

Orleans.

Community partner: Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association (VAYLA) of New

Orleans

Research Associate December 2009 – December 2011

Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, MA

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Awarded $1.99 million in sponsored research and federal grant funding, including a Title III

Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI)

grant.

Managed and completed community-based and applied policy research studies on

redistricting and elder care.

Adjunct Lecturer January 2011 – May 2011

Department of Asian Studies, Northeastern University

Boston, MA

ASNS 2245: Introduction to Asian American Studies

Graduate Research Associate August 2008 – December 2009

Professor Paul Ong, UCLA School of Public Affairs

Lead project coordinator and author of a study on public contracting, Asian American

business owners, and affirmative action policies in San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta.

Funding: Ford Foundation ($100,000)

Graduate Research Assistant December 2005 – August 2008

University of California Asian American & Pacific Islander Policy Multi-campus Research

Program

Served as key personnel in establishing the UC system-wide research program.

Convened a series of research meetings between UC faculty, community leaders, and elected

officials.

Coordinated 3 statewide conferences.

HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Program Chair May-July 2017

Loyola University Chicago, Higher Education Program

Student Affairs Officer (SAO III) July 2002 – August 2005

UC Davis Asian American Studies

Restructured curriculum, academic major and minor in preparation for departmentalization.

Created and obtained external funding for a public policy internship program at the State

Capitol.

Supervised undergraduate honors research projects.

Advised all undergraduate majors and minors.

Assistant Director July 2001 – July 2002

Director, Asian Pacific American Student Affairs

George Mason University Office of Diversity Programs & Services

Advised Asian American and American Indian student organizations.

Sponsored a campus study on Asian American student retention and persistence.

PUBLICATIONS

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BOOK

Ahad-Legardy, B., Poon, O. A. (Eds.) (2018). Difficult subjects: Insights and strategies for

teaching about race, sexuality, and gender. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

REFEREED ARTICLES AND BOOK REVIEWS

Manzano, L., Poon, O. A., & Teck, V. N. (in press). Asian American student engagement in

student leadership and activism. In D. C. Maramba, & C. M. Kodama (Eds.),

Understanding and supporting Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans in college. New

Directions for Student Services. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Poon, O. A. & Segoshi, M. (accepted). The racial mascot speaks: A critical race

discourse study of Asian Americans and Fisher vs. University of Texas. Review of Higher

Education.

Kodama, C. K., Poon, O. A., Manzano, L., Sihite, E. (2017). Midwestern collegiate

constructions of race: Asian American student-initiated conferences and racial identity.

Journal of College Student Development, 58 (6), 872-890.

Poon, O. A., Dizon, J. P. M., & Squire, D. (2017). Count me in!: Ethnic data disaggregation

advocacy, racial mattering, and lessons for racial justice coalitions. Journal Committed to

Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 3(1), 92-124.

https://ncore.ou.edu/media/filer_public/7a/94/7a9427a2-0430-433c-ba5a-

54cd8a24ffcc/poon_et_at__count_me_in_.pdf

Poon, O. A., Squire, D., Hom, D. C., Gin, K., Segoshi, M., & Parayno, A. (2016).

Participatory action research as social justice student affairs praxis. Journal of Critical

Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs, 3(1).

http://ecommons.luc.edu/jcshesa/vol3/iss1/2/

Poon, O. A., Squire, D., Kodama, C., Byrd, A., Chan, J., Manzano, L., Furr, S., & Bishundat, D.

(2016). A critical review of the model minority myth in selected literature on Asian

Americans and Pacific Islanders in higher education. Review of Educational Research,

86(2), 469-502.

Segoshi, M. S., & Poon, O. A. (2016). Review: The tyranny of meritocracy: Democratizing

higher education in America by Lani Guinier. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and

Engagement, 20(2), 169-174.

Surla, K. L., & Poon, O. A. (2015). Visualizing social influences on Filipino American and

Southeast Asian American college choice. Journal of Southeast Asian American

Education and Advancement, 10(2), 1-26.

Poon, O. A. (2014). "The land of opportunity doesn't apply to everyone": The immigrant

experience, race, and Asian American career choices. Journal of College Student

Development, 55(6), 499 - 514.

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Poon, O. A. & Byrd, A. (2013). Beyond Tiger Mom anxiety: Ethnic, gender, and generational

differences in Asian American college access and choices. Journal of College Admission,

221, 23 - 31.

Poon, O. A., & Cohen, J. (2012). Charter school "miracle" in post-Katrina New Orleans?" Youth

participatory action research and the future of education reform. Journal of Critical

Thought and Praxis, 1 (1) 144 - 171.

Poon, O. A. (2011). Ching Chongs & Tiger Moms: The “Asian Invasion” in U.S. Higher

Education. Amerasia Journal, 37 (2), 144 - 150.

Cohen, J., & Poon, O. A. (2011). Charter school "miracle"?: Youth participatory action research

& education reform. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice, and Community, 9 (1 & 2), 143 - 150.

Tran, D. L., & Poon, O. A. (2011). The state of Asian American businesses. AAPI Nexus: Policy,

Practice, and Community, 9 (1 & 2), 70 - 77.

Poon, O. A. (2009). Generational and communication gaps in the AAPI education agenda:

AAPIs in the college access debate. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice, and Community, 7

(2), 83 – 106.

Poon, O. A. (2009). Haunted by negative action: Asian Americans, admissions, and race in the

“colorblind era.” Harvard University Asian American Policy Review, 18.

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/aapr/AAPR.pdf#page=91

Poon, O. A. (2007). Review: Consuming citizenship: Children of Asian immigrant entrepreneurs

by Lisa Sun-Hee Park. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information

Studies, 3(2), Article 9. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/76x122kw

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS

Poon, O. A., Sihite, E., Turman, N., Griffin, B., & Bishundat, D. (in press). For women of

color who have considered critical social theories: When the dominant narrative is no

longer enough. In K. T. Edwards & L. D. Davidson (Eds.), College curriculum at the

crossroads: Women of color reflect and resist. New York, NY: Routledge.

Poon, O. A., & Ahad-Legardy, B. (forthcoming). When the sh*t hits the fan, do we throw out the

lesson plan? In B. Ahad-Legardy & O. A. Poon (Eds.), Difficult subjects: Insights and

strategies for teaching about race, sexuality, and gender. Sterling, VA: Stylus

Publishing.

Ahad-Legardy, B., & Poon, O. A. (forthcoming). Difficult subjects for difficult times. In B.

Ahad-Legardy & O. A. Poon (Eds.), Difficult subjects: Insights and strategies for

teaching about race, sexuality, and gender. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Poon, O., & Squire, D. (2017). Practicing the art of deconstruction and reconstruction.

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In J. P. Dugan, M. A. Torrez, N. T. Turman, & A. Barnes (Eds.), Deconstructing

Leadership Theory Facilitator’s Guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Park, J. J., & Poon, O. A. (2016). Asian American and Pacific Islander college students.

In M. J. Cuyjet, M. Howard-Hamilton, & D. L. Cooper (Eds)., Multiculturalism on

campus. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Poon, O. A., & Sihite, E. (2016). Racial anxieties: Asian Americans, selective college

admissions, and questions of racial equity in affirmative action policies. In M. Zhou & A.

C. Ocampo (Eds.), Contemporary Asian America: A multidisciplinary reader (3rd ed.).

New York, NY: NYU Press.

Poon, O. A. (2014). “I had a friend who had worse scores than me and he got into a better

college”: The legal and social realities of the college admissions process. In S. M.

McClure & C. A. Harris (Eds.), Getting real about race: Hoodies, mascots, model

minorities, and other conversations (pp. 183-198). Thousand Oaks, CA:

Sage Publishing.

Poon, O. A. (2013). “Think about it as decolonizing our minds”: Spaces for critical race

pedagogy and transformative leadership development. In S. D. Museus, D. C. Maramba,

& R. T. Teranishi (Eds.), The misrepresented minority: New insights on Asian Americans

and Pacific Islanders and their implications for higher education (pp. 294 – 310).

Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Poon, O. A. (2011). A critical race theory case study of Asian Americans, “critical mass,” and

campus racial climate. In R. Endo & X. L. Rong (Eds.), Asian American education:

Identities, racial issues, and languages (6th ed.) (pp. 101 – 130). Charlotte, NC:

Information Age Publishing.

Poon, O. A. (2010). Did Obama have an “Asian problem?” In M. Mendible (Ed.) Race 2008:

Critical reflections on the 2008 presidential campaigns (pp. 199-222). Boca Raton, FL:

BrownWalker Press.

INVITED PUBLICATIONS

Poon, O. A. (2018). “I had a friend who had worse scores than me and he got into a better

college”: The legal and social realities of the college admissions process. In S. M.

McClure & C. A. Harris (Eds.), Getting real about race: Hoodies, mascots, model

minorities, and other conversations (2nd ed., pp. 185-202). Thousand Oaks, CA:

Sage Publishing.

Poon, O. A. (2017). Review: Writing against racial injury: The politics of Asian American

student rhetoric by Haivan V. Hoang. Teachers College Record.

http://www.tcrecord.org.flagship.luc.edu/books/Content.asp?ContentId=21891

Poon, O. A. (2014). Asian Americans and college admissions debates. In M. Danico (Ed.), Asian

American society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

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Poon, O. A. (2014, Summer). REAPA statement on affirmative action. Research on the

Education of Asian and Pacific Americans Newsletter (pp. 8-9).

Poon, O. A. (2012). Do Asian Americans benefit from race-blind college admissions policies?

New York: National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in

Education. http://www.nyu.edu/projects/care/CARE-Brief-raceblind_v3TLKN-OAP.pdf

Poon, O. A., Ong, P. M., Lee, C. A., Shek, Y. L., & Tran, L. D. (2011). Affirmative Action

business contracting and Asian American business owners: Partial disparity study

analysis of Atlanta, Chicago, & San Francisco. Washington, DC: Asian American

Justice Center/Ford Foundation.

Poon, O. A., & Hune, S. (2009). On the margins of the academy: Asian American graduate

students. In C. Morelon, L. Santiague, R. Winkle-Wagner, S. Johnson, & M. Howard

Hamilton (Eds.), Standing on the outside looking in: Multiple causes, implications, and

potential remedies to address underrepresentation among minorities in graduate

programs (pp. 82-102). Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Poon, O. A., Tran, L. D., & Ong, P. M. (2009). The state of Asian American businesses. UCLA

Asian American Studies Center Analytical Policy Brief. Funded by the Ford Foundation.

http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/policy/API%20Business%20Owners%20Report.pdf

Park, J. J., Lin, M. H., Poon, O. A., & Chang, M. J. (2008). Asian American college students and

civic engagement. In P. M. Ong (Ed.), The state of Asian America: Trajectory of civic

and political engagement. Los Angeles: Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics.

http://www.leap.org/inform_ppi_downloads.html

Ong, P., Tran, L., Firestine, T., Pfeiffer, D., & Poon, O. (2008). South Los Angeles project: The

state of South LA. School of Public Affairs, UCLA.

Chang, M. J., Park, J., Lin, M. H., Poon, O., & Nakanishi, D. T. (2007). Beyond myths: The

growth and diversity of Asian American college freshmen, 1971- 2005. Higher Education

Research Institute, UCLA.

Ong, P. M., Ong, E., Poon, O. A., Nakanishi, D. T., Scheven, E., Terriquez, V., & Lee, C.

(2006). The new “sleeping giant” in California politics: The growth of Asian Americans.

University of California, Los Angeles: Asian American Studies Center.

IN PREPARATION

Sihite, E., Poon, O. A., & Segoshi, M. (article manuscript in preparation). Enacting agency &

identity exploration at the margins: A document analysis of the Midwest Asian American

Student Union.

Poon, O. A., Segoshi, M., Nguyen, C., Surla, K., & Tang, L. (article manuscript in preparation).

Investments in whiteness: Chinese American affirmative action opponents and racial

politics in college admissions.

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Poon, O. A., & Segoshi, M. (book manuscript in preparation). Justice or Just Us?: Asian

Americans in the borderlands of the affirmative action debate.

Poon, O. A., & Villanueva, G. (Eds.). Asian American Studies Serving the Community:

Reflections for Sustainable Partnerships and Organizational Transformation. Special

Issue of AAPI Nexus. Los Angeles, CA: University of California. Expected publication

date of 2018.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Research Grants

Poon, O. A. Principal Investigator, Asian Americans and higher education in Illinois and

Michigan. Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago ($7,000). Funded May-

September 2016.

Poon, O. A. Principal Investigator, Student-initiated conferences: A phenomenon of Asian

American student agency and community leadership. NAPSA Foundation Channing

Briggs Small Research Grant ($1,500). Funded September 2013-14.

Poon, O. A. Principal Investigator, Midwestern Collegiate Constructions of Race: Asian

American Student-Initiated Conferences and Racial Identity. NASPA Region IV-E

Research Grant ($1,000). Funded October, 2013-14.

Poon, O. A. Principal Investigator, Immigrant Asian American Parental Involvement in College

Access and Choice. University of Massachusetts, Boston AANAPISI Program ($5,000).

Funded May 2012-13.

Poon, O. A. Principal Investigator, Drawing Democracy: Community-based Principles in

Redistricting for Massachusetts. Access Strategies Foundation ($30,000). Funded

September 2011-2012.

Poon, O. A. Principal Investigator, A Community Needs Assessment of Elderly Chinese

Americans in Greater Boston. South Cove Nursing Facility Foundation ($25,000).

Funded September 2010-11.

U.S. Department of Education Title III, Minority Serving Institutions/Asian American Native

American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions, August 2010-2015. ($1,930,000 funded)

Fellowships/Awards

2017 Loyola University Chicago Summer Research Stipend

2016 Dr. Mildred Garcia Junior Exemplary Scholarship Award, Association for

the Study of Higher Education Council on Ethnic Participation

2016 Loyola University Chicago Summer Research Stipend

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2016 Dr. Daniello Balón Mentoring Award, American College Personnel

Association

2014 Emerging Scholar Award, American College Personnel Association

2013 Distinguished National Educator, Pacific Educational Group, Summit for

Courageous Conversation

2012 – present Research Fellow, Asian American & Pacific Islander Research Coalition

July 2010 Community-based Redistricting Fellowship, Ford Foundation Community

Census and Redistricting Institute. Duke University.

2009-10 UCLA Professor Harry H. L. Kitano Fellowship

2008 ACPA Outstanding Contribution to Asian Pacific Islander & Desi

Research Award (with Julie Park, Monica Lin, Mitchell Chang, and Don

Nakanishi). ACPA-Asian Pacific American Network

Summer 2006 UCLA Graduate Division Summer Research Mentorship Award

Summer 2007

2007-08 Predoctoral Fellowship, UCLA Asian American Studies Center

2006-08 UCLA Asian American Studies Center 21st Century Fellowship

2006-07 California Policy Research Center Fellowship

2005-07 University of California Regents Fellowship

2002 George Mason University, Most Motivated Student Affairs Staff Award

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION

Refereed Presentations

Poon, O.A. (2017, September 16). Racial anxiety and anti-affirmative action advocacy among

Chinese Americans. Presentation at the NACAC annual meeting. Boston, MA.

Poon, O. A., & Surla, K. (2017, April). Why can’t we become white, like the Jews?: Chinese

American investments in whiteness. Paper presented at the AAAS annual meeting.

Portland, OR.

Poon, O. A., Dizon, J. P., & Squire, D. (2017, April). Count Me In!: Ethnic data disaggregation

advocacy, racial mattering, and lessons for racial justice coalitions. Paper presented at the

AERA annual meeting. San Antonio, TX.

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Sihite, E., & Poon, O. A. (2017, March). Enacting agency & identity exploration at the margins:

A document analysis of MAASU. Paper presented at the ACPA annual meeting.

Columbus, OH.

Poon, O. A., Dizon, J. P., & Squire, D. S. (2016, November). Count Me In! Ethnic data

disaggregation advocacy, racial mattering, and lessons for transformative racial justice

coalitions. Paper presented at the ASHE annual meeting. Columbus, OH.

Poon, O. A. (2016, March). Geographic constructions of race: The Midwest Asian American

Students Union. Paper presented at the ACPA annual meeting. Montreal, Canada.

Poon, O. A., & Segoshi, M. S. (2015, November). The racial mascot speaks: A critical race

discourse analysis of Asian Americans and Fisher v. University of Texas. Paper presented

at the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual conference. Denver, CO.

Poon, O. A. (2015, April). Toward collective action to reclaim public narratives for justice:

Ameliorating an impoverished cultural discourse on affirmative action in higher

education. Presidential session at the American Education Research Association annual

conference with M. C. Ledesma, J. J. Park, U. Jayakumar, L. Garces, and J. Hing.

Chicago, IL.

Poon, O. A. (2014, November). Asian Americans, affirmative action, and the future of

Proposition 209: Unpacking the SCA-5 controversy. Symposium presented at the

Association for the Study of Higher Education annual conference with J. J. Park, M. C.

Ledesma, J. Wong, and R. Teranishi. Washington, DC.

Poon, O. A., Kodama, C. K., Manzano, L., Furr, S. (2014, April). Student-initiated conferences:

A phenomenon of Asian American student agency, racial identity, and community

leadership. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research

Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Surla, K. L., & Poon, O. A. (2014, April). Visualizing social Influences on Filipino American

and Southeast Asian American college choice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the American Education Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Poon, O. A. (2014, April). Midwestern collegiate constructions of race: Asian American student-

initiated conferences and racial identity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Association for Asian American Studies, San Francisco, CA.

Poon, O. A. (2014, April). Charter school “miracle” in post-Katrina New Orleans?: Youth

participatory action research and the future of education reform. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, San Francisco, CA.

Poon, O. A., & Sihite, E. (2014, March). Mapping new higher education terrains: Policy,

diversity, and the profession. Presentation at the annual meeting of ACPA, Indianapolis,

IN.

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Poon, O., Squire, D. (2014, March). Partial portrayals: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in

higher education literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of ACPA, Indianapolis,

IN.

Poon, O., Manzano, L. (2014, March). Student-initiated conferences: A phenomenon of Asian

American student agency, racial identity, and community leadership. Presentation at the

annual meeting of NASPA, Baltimore, MD.

Kodama, C. K., Poon, O. A., Manzano, L., Furr, S. (2013, November). The face of Midwest

Asian America: MAASU. Presentation at the annual meeting of NASPA Region IV-E,

Skokie, IL.

Poon, O., Squire, D., Kodama, C. K., & Chan, J. (2013, November). Partial portrayals: Asian

Americans and Pacific Islanders in higher education literature. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, St. Louis, MO.

Poon, O. (2013, April). Count me in!: Asian American & Pacific Islander college students

transforming higher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Poon, O. (2013, April). Affirmative action Linsanity!: Linsanity as pro-affirmative action

parable. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian American

Studies, Seattle, WA.

Poon, O. (2013, April). Affirmative action: What’s Asian Americans got to do with it? Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, Seattle,

WA.

Poon, O., & Byrd, A. (2013, March). Mapping contexts of Asian American college access and

choices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of ACPA, Las, Vegas, NV.

Poon, O., & Cohen, J. (2012, April). Charter school “miracle”?: Youth participatory action

research & education reform in post-Katrina New Orleans. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Education Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.

Poon, O. (2012, April). Bridging the gaps: Mapping post-Katrina college access inequalities and

community assets. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education

Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.

Poon, O. (2012, April). College choice?: Immigrant parental influences and Asian American

college-going experiences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for

Asian American Studies, Washington, DC.

Dizon, J. P. M., & Poon, O. A. (2012, March). AAPI student leadership for social change. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association,

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Louisville, KY.

Poon, O., & Cohen, J. (2011, May). “Building Youth Civic Engagement & Critical Scholarship

through Youth Participatory Action Research.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the Association for Asian American Studies, New Orleans, LA.

Poon, O. (2011, May). “Tiger Mom & the Racial Politics of Asian American College Access.”

Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian American

Studies, New Orleans, LA.

Poon, O. (2011, April). “The Asian American Paradox: Immigrant Parental Involvement in

College Access and Choice.” In The College Choice Process for Immigrant Communities

in the U.S. symposium presented for the annual meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Poon, O., & Cohen, J. (2011, May). “The Raise Your Hand Campaign: YPAR & New Orleans

School Reform.” In Making Education Matter: Youth, Teachers, Professors, and

Community Organizers as Activist-Scholars symposium presented for the annual meeting

of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Poon, O. (2010, November). “I don’t want to be an accountant, but do I have a choice?”: Racial

Microaggressions as disciplinary forces in Asian American academic and career

development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of

Higher Education, Indianapolis, IN.

Poon, O. (2010, May). “We have to be our own Role Models: Invisibility of Asian Americans in

Campus Dialogues on Racism.” In Calling out “a Nation of Cowards”? Educators

Breaking the Silence and Engaging in Critical, Honest and Self-Reflexive Racial

Dialogue symposium presented for the annual meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, Denver, CO.

Poon, O. (2010, May). “A Call to Action for a National AAPI Education Policy Organization.”

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, Denver, CO.

Poon, O. (2009, April). “Struggling for Critical Consciousness and Literacy: A CRT Case Study

of Asian Americans and Critical Mass.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Poon, O. (2009, April). “Conspicuous Silence: Asian Americans and Admissions in Elite

Universities.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Asian

American Studies, Honolulu, HI.

Poon, O. (2008, November). “On the Margins of the Academy: Asian American Graduate

Students.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of

Higher Education, Jacksonville, FL.

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Poon, O. & Terriquez, V. (2007, April). “Resisting Chinese Exclusion in San Francisco:

Immigrant Chinese Parental Agency, The Consent Decree, Ho v. SFUSD, and School

Resegregation.” Paper presentation at the April 2007 annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Poon, O. (2006, November). “Asian American Students in Higher Education Research: A

content review of seven journals.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Discussant

Poon, O. A. (2016, November). (In)justice as a foundation of higher education’s past, present

and future. Discussant at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher

Education Conference, Columbus, OH.

Poon, O. A. (2015, November). Mission Minded Institutions. Discussant at the annual meeting of

the Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Denver, CO.

Poon, O. A. (2012, November). Equity, Choice, and Access for Students of Color. Discussant at

the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Las

Vegas, NV.

Poon, O. A. (2012, November). Race and class in everyday life. Discussant at the annual meeting

of the Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

SELECTED INVITED TALKS

Poon, O. (2017, October). Invited keynote. National Summit for Courageous Conversation.

Detroit, MI.

Poon, O. (2016, July 28). Racial Anxieties, Asian Americans, and College Admissions. The

College Board Access & Diversity Collaborative Meeting on Fisher II. Reston, VA.

Poon, O. (2016, April 15). Stumbling between Black (lives matter) and White (supremacy):

Asian Americans and articulations of racial mattering. University of Illinois, Chicago.

Poon, O., & Segoshi, M. (2016, April 9). Making Sense of the Waves of (Mis)Information about

Affirmative Action and Asian Americans. Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students

Association Midwestern Conference. Northwestern University.

Poon, O. (2015, November 12). Affirmative action, racial politics, and selective admissions.

Harvard University.

Poon, O. (2014, June). Growing our souls for a new era of advancing equity and diversity.

Invited keynote. Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities Conference on Diversity

& Equity, Chicago, IL.

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Poon, O. (2014, May). How are students evaluated for selective admissions? Invited talk.

Education Writers Association annual conference, Nashville, TN.

Poon, O. (2014, February). The racial mascot speaks: A critical race discourse study on Asian

Americans and Fisher vs. University of Texas. University of Illinois College of Education

Higher Education Collaborative Brown Bag, Champaign, IL.

Poon, O. (2014, February). Murkiness, strength, and beauty: Women of color discerning and

leading authentic lives. Invited keynote. Loyola University Chicago Empowering Sisters

Leadership Summit.

Poon, O. (2013, October). Racialized (in)visibility: Asian Americans & struggles for racial

equity in education. Invited distinguished national educator talk. The Summit for

Courageous Conversation, St. Louis, MO.

Poon, O. (2013, May). “Not Waiting for Superman: Cross-racial Coalitions and Transformative

Youth Resistance for Education Equity” Invited keynote address. NCORE (National

Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education), New Orleans, LA.

Poon, O. (2011, April). “Ching Chongs & Tiger Moms: Master Narratives, Educational

Disparities and Asian Americans.” Invited presentation. Connecticut College, New

London, CT.

Poon, O. (2011, March). “More than just a Numbers Game: Asian Americans & Racial Diversity

in the Ivory Tower.” Invited presentation. Hunter College, New York.

Poon, O. (2010, December). “AANAPISIs: Establishing and Sustaining the Federal Designation

for Community-University Partnerships.” Invited presentation. White House Initiative on

Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Data and Research Convening, Washington, DC.

Poon, O. (2010, October). “Exploring Asian American College Access and Career Choices.”

Invited presentation. College Board Forum, Washington, DC.

Poon, O. (2010, June). “Leveling the Playing Field: Should Asian Americans be considered in

Race Conscious Public Policies?” Invited presentation. Asian American Justice Center

Advancing Justice Conference, Alexandria, VA.

Poon, O. (2010, April). “Campus Racial Climate and Asian Americans.” Invited presentation.

Education Leadership 5117 graduate seminar, The College Student. University of

Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Poon, O. (2009, May). “Who is Entitled to Review in the University of California?” Invited

presentation. California Asian Pacific Islander Policy Summit, Sacramento, CA.

Poon, O. (2008, March). “Asian Americans in the Education Access and Equity Debate.” Invited

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Presentation. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.

Poon, O. (2006, November). “From a Student Affairs Perspective: Admissions, Affirmative

Action, and Asian Americans.” Invited presentation. UCLA School of Law Critical Race

Studies Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.

TEACHING

Colorado State University

Seminar: Proposal Development

Loyola University Chicago

Higher Education Policy

Organization & Governance: Power, Privilege, Politics, and Policy in Higher Education

The Student Affairs Profession

Critical Social Theories in Education

University of California, Los Angeles

Education Equity and Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Asian Americans and the Law

Understanding Pathways to College

Northeastern University

Introduction to Asian American Communities

University of California, Davis

Asian Americans, Leadership, and Labor

Asian American Studies First-Year Seminar

DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

Chair (Megan Segoshi).

Chair (Lester Manzano).

Chair (Ester Sihite).

Committee Member (Sara Furr).

Committee Member, Transfer student success: Students of color overcoming barriers to

degree attainment at a four-year institution (Ajani Byrd)

Committee Member, “I am because we are”: A portrait of trans*postsecondary educators’

experiences in higher education (Symone Simmons).

Committee Member, Faculty of color understandings of diversity, equity, and justice in the

doctoral admissions process in higher education and student affairs programs in

predominantly white universities (Dian Squire).

Committee Member, A Structural Model of Leadership Self-Efficacy for Asian American

Students: Examining Influences of Collective Racial Esteem and Resilience (Corinne

Kodama)

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SERVICE

Service to the Profession: Editorial Boards

Editorial Board Member, Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity

(2016-present)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of College Student Development (2014-present)

Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (2014-present)

Book proposal reviewer, Springer International (Fall 2014)

Peer Reviewer, Sage OPEN (2013)

Peer Reviewer, Equity & Excellence in Education (2012)

Peer Reviewer, Amerasia Journal (2012)

Peer Reviewer, Journal of Asian American Studies (2011-present)

Peer Reviewer, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (2010)

Reviewer and Board Member, InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education & Information

Studies (2006-2009)

Service to the Profession: Conferences

Program Committee Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education (2017)

Program Committee Member, Association for Asian American Studies (2017)

Conference paper reviewer, American Educational Research Association annual meetings

(2007-2012, 2014, 2016)

Conference paper reviewer, Association for the Study of Higher Education (2010-

present)

Service to the Profession: Professional Associations

Chair, American Education Research Association, Research on the Education of Asian

and Pacific Americans SIG (2016-2018)

Faculty Member, American College Personnel Association Asian Pacific American

Network Office Hours Mentoring Program (2016)

Conference Chair, Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium,

Annual Convening (2015, April)

Social Justice Service Committee Member, American Educational Research Association

– Division J (2014-present)

Mentor Program Committee Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education,

Council on Ethnic Participation (2015)

Board Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Council on Ethnic

Participation (2013-2015)

Treasurer, American Education Research Association, Research on the Education of

Asian and Pacific Americans SIG (2013-present)

Research Advisory Board Member, National Commission on Asian American and Pacific

Islander Research in Education (2010 – present)

Research Fellow, Asian American & Pacific Islander Research Coalition (2012 – present)

Mentor, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Council on Ethnic Participation

(2013)

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Institutional Service: Loyola University Chicago

Panelist, Focus on Teaching and Learning (January 2016)

Steering Committee Member, Conflict Resolution (Summer-Fall 2015)

o Co-taught 2 classes for SOCL398 (Fall 2015)

Faculty mentor, Loyola University Chicago Empowering Sisterhood (2014-15)

Keynote speaker, Loyola University Chicago Empowering Sisterhood Women of Color

Leadership Summit (2014, February 22)

Panelist, Social media as an empowerment tool: Gaining influence and strengthening

your voice, Loyola University Chicago Women’s History Month 2014 (2014, March 13)

Advisory Committee Member, Loyola University Chicago Department of Student

Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (2014-present)

Service to Loyola University Chicago School of Education

Member, Grievance Committee (2016-present)

Higher Education Program Representative, Academic Council (2015-present)

Chair, School of Education Diversity Committee (2014-2015)

o Lead facilitator – Diversity Dialogues (Fall 2015)

Search committee member, International Higher Education faculty search (2013-2014)

Host committee member, John M. Wozniak Lecture – Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings (2014)

School of Education Year of Celebration Ad Hoc Committee (2013-2014)

Committee Member, School of Education Diversity Committee (2012-present)

Service to Affinity Group/Higher Education Program

Chair, Doctoral curriculum revision committee (2016-present)

Faculty advisor, Higher Education Student Association (2013-present)

o HESA workshop: Time management (2015)

o HESA Community Meetings (2014, 2015)

o HESA Fall orientation (annual)

o HESA Winter Celebration (annual)

o HESA Spring Celebration (2013, 2014)

Master’s Program Recruitment and Preview Days (annual

o “What is social justice education?” Presentation to LUC Division of Student

Development Graduate Assistantship Applicants (2013, 2014)

o Higher Education Program Overview Presentation (2013, 2014)

Doctoral Program recruitment, Preview Days, interviews, and selection (annual)

Host, Doctoral Program Social (2015)

Institutional Service: University of California

President, University of California Student Association (2007)

Committee Member, University of California Presidential Search (2007)

Co-chair, UCLA Graduate Students of Color Association (2006-2009)

Member, UC Davis Provost’s Committee on Campus Climate and Diversity (2002-2005)

Member, UC Davis Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Leadership Team (2002-2005)

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Member, UC Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Committee on

Outreach & Equity (2002-2005)

Comprehensive review reader, UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions (2003-2005)

Co-Chair, UC Davis Asian Pacific American Faculty & Staff Association (2003-2005)

Consultation

Expert Witness, Phousavanh Sengsavanh vs. The Curators of the University of Missouri

(2015)

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (March 2012). Discussed research

relevant to allegations of anti-Asian American bias in undergraduate admissions at elite

colleges and universities

Demographic Data Consultant. Dhingra, P. (2012). Life behind the lobby: Indian

American motel owners and the American dream. Stanford, CA: Stanford University

Press.

Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Analyst. Lai, J. S. (2011). Asian American

political action: Suburban transformations. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Demographic Data Consultant. National Commission on Asian American and Pacific

Islander Research in Education (2011). The relevance of Asian Americans & Pacific

Islanders in the college completion agenda. New York, NY: Author.

Demographic Data Consultant. Asian Americans in the Gulf Coast Region. Asian

Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (May – August 2011).

Community Service

Chicagoland Asian Americans in Higher Education Advisory Board, Asian Americans

Advancing Justice-Chicago (2012-present)

Research and Education Equity Campaign Mentor, Vietnamese American Young Leaders

Association of New Orleans (2010-present)

Scholarship Reader, Gates Millennium Scholars, Asian Pacific Islander American

Scholarship Fund (February 2013)

College Access Program Adviser, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (2010-2012)

Organizer, National Grassroots AAPI Campaign, Obama for America (2007-2008)

National Board Member, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (2002-2005)

MEDIA

Gross, N. (2016, January 25). Do White college students believe stereotypes about minorities?

The Atlantic. Available at: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/01/white-

college-students-buy-in-to-stereotypes-of-minority-peers/426813/

Morris, C. (2015, May 28). A question of fairness at the heart of lawsuit against Harvard.

Diverse: Issues in higher education. Available at:

http://diverseeducation.com/article/73399/

Noriega, D. (2015, May 19). Asian-American groups split over affirmative action complaint.

Buzzfeed News. Available at: http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidnoriega/asian-american-

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groups-clash-over-harvard-affirmative-action#.wnrj1Z0Ll

Yang, J. (2014, November 24). Harvard lawsuit is not what it seems. CNN.com. Available at:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/24/opinion/yang-harvard-lawsuit/

Abdul-Alim, J. (2014, May 19). Experts: Intentional race-conscious outreach needed in

admissions process. Diverse: Issues in higher education. Available at:

http://diverseeducation.com/article/64389/.

Hing, J. (2012, October 10). How diversity trumped equity – and may kill affirmative action.

Colorlines. Available at:

http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/10/how_diversity_trumped_equity--

and_may_kill_affirmative_action.html.

Hing, J. (2011, July 6). The creation – and consequences – of the model minority myth.

Colorlines. Available at:

http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/07/model_minority_myth_interview.html.

Italie, L. (2011, January 24). Tiger mom’s memoir meets ferocious roar. Patriot Ledger.

Available at: http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/x1850111442/Tiger-mom-s-

memoir-meets-ferocious-roar.

Jang, M. (2008 July 26). Asians shading blue. News21: A Journalism Initiative of the Carnegie

and Knight Foundations. Available at:

http://newsinitiative.org/story/2008/07/25/asians_shading_blue.

Miller, K. (Producer). (2010, August 26). Affirmative Action in Education. The Emily Rooney

Show [Radio broadcast]. Boston, MA: WGBH-NPR affiliate.

Miller, K. (2010, February 8). Do colleges redline Asian-Americans? The Boston Globe.

Available at:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/02/08/do_colle

ges_redline_asian_americans.

Poon, O. (2012, December 18). A real talk primer on affirmative action, Fisher, college

admissions and race. ACPA Commission for Social Justice Educators Blog. Available at:

http://alturl.com/jeb3f.

Poon, O. (2011, December 12). The college admissions debate & the Asian American 1%.

Hyphen: Asian America Unabridged. Available at:

http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2011/12/college-admissions-debate-asian-

american-1.

Yang, L. (2011, Spring). The hard part is getting in: Asian Americans navigate the racially

charged politics of the college admissions process. Hyphen: Asian America Unabridged.

Available at:

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http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/magazine/issue-23-bittersweet/hard-part-getting.

Poon, O. (2007 September 20). Remarks delivered to the UC Board of Regents. Diversity at the

University of California. California Progress Report. Available at:

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=node/3799.

Poon, O. (2007 October 16). Op-ed: College students see veto of California Dream Act as

contrary to American values of hard work, achievement, and reward. California Progress

Report. Available at: http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=node/6962.

Srimushnam, U. (2007 October 16). New Calif. Bill Restricts Textbook Prices. CBS News.com.

Available at: http://bit.ly/9Aesl5.

Varney, S. (Producer). (2009, June 18). Stuart Varney Show [Television broadcast]. Fox

Business Network, New York, NY. Available at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njgk7yPMan8.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Education Research Association

Association for Asian American Studies

Association for the Study of Higher Education

ACPA: College Student Educators international

Critical Race Studies in Education

NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Social Justice Training Institute, 2004