The 4th Annual Conference on April 5 and April 6, 2013
Date:
Friday, April 05, 2013 9:00 AM
Location:
Auditorium at Rosenthal Library, Queens College (퀸즈칼리지 중앙도서관 대강당), 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, NY 11367-1597
Details:
Theme--"Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada"
The Research Center for Korean Community at Queens College has scheduled a two-day conference that will take place on April 5 and April 6, 2013. This conference will focus on second-generation Korean experiences in the United States and Canada. Over fifteen scholars from both the United States and Canada will participate in the conference. Some of the topics will include changes and variation in second-generation Korean families, comparisons of first- and second-generation Korean-Canadian immigrant businesses, bilingualism among 1.5- and second-generation Koreans, Korean-Canadian Christian churches, and many other interesting presentations. We hope you will be able to join us.
2013 Conference Program
Day 1 Friday, April 5th, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
9:00 am - 9:30 am Registration & Coffee Hour
9:30 am - 10:00am Welcoming and Opening Remarks
10:00 am - 11:10am Session 1
"Ethnic Identity among Younger-Generation Koreans: A Comparison of
the Earlier and the Later Cohorts"
Pyong Gap Min, Queens College and The CUNY Graduate Center
Thomas Chung, The Research Center for Korean Community
"The Generational Differences in the Socioeconomic Attainments of Korean
Americans"
Chang Hwan Kim, Kansas State University
11:10am - 11:20am Break
11:20am - 12:30pm Session 2
"Perceived discrimination and mental health in Korean Canadian youth:
Salience of ethnic pride as a moderator"
Il-ho Kim, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Samuel Noh, University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Neha Ahmed, University of Toronto
"Assimilation Pathways and Ethnic Identity Constructs among Second
Generation Korean Canadian and Korean American Young Adults:
A Qualitative Analysis"
Marianne Noh, University of Western Ontario
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:40pm Session 3
"Understanding the role and significance of ethnic identity as stress moderator"
Samuel Noh, University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Il-ho Kim, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Neha Ahmed, University of Toronto
"Coping with Racialization: Second-Generation Korean American Responses to
Racial Othering"
Dae Young Kim, George Mason University
2:40pm - 2:50pm Break
2:50pm - 4:00pm Session 4
"'I Am Family': How Korean and Chinese American Sons and Daughters Reconstruct Ethnicity and Family Culture"
Angie Chung, SUNY-Albany
"The Economic Value of Bilingualism among 1.5 and Second-Generation
Koreans"
Chigon Kim, Wright State University
4:00pm - 4:10pm Break
4: 10pm - 5:20pm Session 5
"Ethnic Insularity among 1.5 and Second Generation Korean American
Christians"
Jerry Park, Baylor University
"Lonely Journey: Searching for "Who Am I?""
Nam Soo Song, University of Toronto
Day 2 Saturday, April 6th, 2013 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
8:30am - 9:00am Coffee Hour
9:00 am - 9:10am Welcoming Remarks: Yung Duk Kim, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for
Research Foundation for Korean Community
9:10am - 9:50am Session 6
"Foreign Residents and Their Children in Korea"
Sung Kil Min, Yonsei University and Seoul Metropolitan Eunpyeong Hospital
9:50 - 10:00 Break
10:00am-11:10am Session 7
"Are Second-Generation Korean Women Tiger Mothers? Race, Gender and Class in Approaches to Parenting"
Miliann Kang, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
"Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Generational Mobility among Koreans in Canada"
Ann Kim, York University, Toronto, Canada
11:10am - 11:20am Break
11:20am - 12:30pm Session 8
"Community Contexts and Political Participation among Second-
Generation Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese Americans"
Sook Hee Oh, University of Missouri at Kansas City
"The Generational Differenses in Concentration in STEM, Health, and Business
among Korean Americans"
Sou Hyun Jang, CUNY Graduate Center
Pyong Gap Min, Queens College and The CUNY Graduate Center
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