Breaking Through the Bamboo Ceiling in U.S. Academia: Asian Women Scholars Navigating EMI and Raciolinguistic Barriers
研習日期
114年06月11日 (三)
研習時間
上午 01:30～ 04:30
研習地點
Google Meet線上
報名時間
2025-05-14 至 2025-06-10
報名人數
100 人
演講來賓
Yin Lam Lee-Johnson, PhD; Yi-Ju Lai, PhD（EMI Advisor, Fulbright Taiwan, Foundation for Scholarly Exc
參與對象
大專校院教師
主辦單位
國立臺中教育大學通識教育中心
聯絡人員
施小姐
聯絡方式
1227
餐點
無
研習內容
This two-hour virtual workshop is led by two Fulbright EMI Advisors, both of whom are non-native English-speaking academics with extensive experience in U.S. higher education. Dr. Lee-Johnson, an Associate Professor, Director of the EdD program, and Chair of the Graduate Department of Education at Webster University, brings a richly intersectional perspective to the discussion. Her identity as an Asian mother-scholar—raised in Hong Kong and educated in the United States—shapes her scholarly and pedagogical approaches. She holds a Ph.D. in Foreign, Second, and Multilingual Language Education from The Ohio State University. Dr. Yi-Ju Lai received her Ph.D. in Second Language Education from the University of Minnesota and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Affiliate at the University of South Carolina. Her work centers on the discourse and cultural practices in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professional communities. Together, they will examine the nuanced realities faced by Asian women scholars in predominantly white and English-dominant academic environments. The speakers will: 1) identify and critically examine the "bamboo ceiling" as it manifests through stereotypes such as the “model minority,” the “perpetual foreigner,” and assumptions about submissiveness or lack of leadership in Asian women; 2) share their personal experiences of navigating and overcoming both microaggressions and raciolinguistic barriers in academia; and 3) offer strategies for resilience, empowerment, and transforming linguistic and cultural difference into pedagogical and professional strengths. They will also introduce a new theoretical and practical framework for reimagining English as a multilingua franca, drawing on their research to promote a more inclusive and pluralistic vision of English use in EMI contexts.
