Dr. OiYan Poon is a community-engaged research scholar, educator, storyteller, and leader for intersectional racial equity. Her research has focused on the racial politics of Asian Americans, education access, affirmative action, and admissions systems and practices. She is the author of Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family (2024, Beacon Press), which explores how Asian Americans are shaping the future of race relations through debates over education policies like affirmative action, using personal narrative and interviews of Asian Americans across the country. In Rethinking College Admissions: Research-Based Practice and Policy (2022, Harvard Education Press), she and her co-editor, Mike Bastedo, and colleagues examine and offer new ideas to transform the unequal structures and systemic norms of college-going in the U.S.

Join BU Diversity & Inclusion and BU Law as we welcome Dr. OiYan Poon to campus on November 19, 2024. In this talk and discussion, moderated by BU Law's Jon Feingold, Dr. Poon, author of the award-winning book Asian American is Not a Color, will address issues of race and access in higher education - and what we can do about it. This event is open to BU students, faculty, and staff, and will be livestreamed.

Refreshments will be available, and signed books will be available for the first 30 attendees.

Asian American is Not A Color: A Fireside Chat