Community Talk: Fostering Positive Asian American Identities with Dr. Sarah Lee
Learn quick, easy, research-based ways to engage and nurture the Asian American experience in your home.
Hear from Dr. Sarah Jaewon Lee, Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Washington, in an interactive workshop teaching effective ways to foster positive Asian American identities in children. Drawing from her own background as a Korean American, Dr. Lee offers effective strategies to create nurturing environments for young Asian Americans.
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About the Speaker
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Sarah Jaewon Lee (이재원) works in both formal and informal educational spaces to co-design learning environments with multilingual, immigrant, and refugee communities. Her work highlights how children and youth disrupt the status quo of their current educational contexts, co-creating spaces for students to dream and build more justice-oriented learning environments.
She has conducted and published research that spans across multiple disciplines including science, technology, and literacy. Her work engages learners/community stakeholders who play many different roles: children, youth, in-service and pre-service teachers, museums, librarians, and informal educators. Sarah (Jaewon) is committed to building sustainable partnerships in the greater Seattle community.
Images: Photo by Gary Sexton. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum. Courtesy of Dr. Sarah Jaewon Lee.