Lecture Two: "Democracy" - An overview of the little-known, but increasingly consequential, impact of Asian American political engagement

Speaker: Dr. Ellen Wu

Course Dates: May 8, 15, 22 at 5 pm PST.

Professor Ellen Wu researches, teaches, and writes about race, immigration, and United States history. She is a proud graduate of Indiana University Bloomington’s College of Arts and Sciences, where she doubled majored in Biology and History. Prof. Wu earned an MA in Asian American Studies at UCLA and a PhD in History at the University of Chicago. She is now an Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of the College Arts and Humanities Institute at IU Bloomington.

She is the author of the award-winning book The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority (2014), and is currently writing Overrepresented: The Surprising History of Asian Americans and Racial Justice, a new story about diversity, data, and democracy in the United States.

Lectures for this course will be recorded for everyone to watch on your own timing. Registrants will receive viewing instructions/reminders in advance of each lecture.