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Research on APIs in Higher Education

The API Community Experience (General)

•  National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (2008). Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Facts, not fiction: Setting the record straight. New York: The College Board.
•  Park, C., & Mei-Ying, M. (1999). Asian American education: Prospects and challenges. Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group.
•  Perea, J. (2000).The Black/White binary paradigm of race. In R. Delgado & J. Stefancic (Eds.), Critical race theory: The cutting edge (pp. 344-353). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
•  Sau-Fong, S. (1996). Questions and answers: What research says about the education of Chinese American children. Baltimore.
•  Teranishi, R. (2003). Asian American Pacific Islanders and critical race theory: An examination of school racial climate. Equity and Excellence in Education, 35(2), 144–154.
•  Teranishi, R. (2007). Race, ethnicity, and higher education policy: The use of critical quantitative research. New Directions for Institutional Research, 133, 37-49.
•  Trueba, H.T. (1993). Myth or Reality: Adaptive Strategies of Asian Americans in California. Pennsylvania: Falmer Press, Taylor and Francis Inc.

The Ethnic Community Experience

•  Chhuon, V., & Hudley, C. (2008). Factors supporting Cambodian American students’ successful adjustment into the university. Journal of College Student Development, 49, 15-30.
•  Chhuon, V., Hudley, C., & Macia, R. (2006). Cambodian-American college students: Cultural values and multiple worlds. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
•  Lee, S. J. (1997). The road to college: Hmong American women’s pursuit of higher education. Harvard Educational Review, 67, 803-827.
•  Museus, S. D., & Maramba, D. C. (2011). The impact of culture on Filipino American students’ sense of belonging. The Review of Higher Education, 34(2), 231-258.
•  Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem, L. & Halpern, J. M. (Eds.) (1989). The Far East comes near: Autobiographical accounts of Southeast Asian students in America. Amherst, MA: The University of Massachusetts Press.
•  Su, J., Lee, R. M., & Vang, S. (2005). Intergenerational family conflict and coping among Hmong American college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 4, 482–489.
•  Um, K. (2003). A dream denied: Educational experiences of Southeast Asian American youth, Issues and recommendations. Washington, D.C.: Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC).
•  Yang, K., & Niedzwiecki, W. R. (2003). Southeast Asian Americans and higher education. Washington, D.C.: Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC).

Diversity / Demographics / Campus Climate

•  Guiffrida, D. A., Kiyama, J. M., Waterman, S., & Museus, S. D. (2012). Moving from individual to collective cultures to serve students of color. In S. D. Museus & U. M. Jayakumar (Eds.). Creating campus cultures: Fostering success among racially diverse student populations. New York: Routledge.
•  Hune, S. (2002). Demographics and diversity of Asian American college students. In M. K. McEwen, C. M. Kodama, A. N. Alvarez, S. Lee & C. T. H. Liang (Eds.), Working with Asian American college students (pp. 11-20). New Directions for Student Services, no. 97. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Hurtado, S., Milem, J., Clayton-Pederson, A., & Allen, W. (1999). Enacting diverse learning environments: Improving the climate for racial/ethnic diversity in higher education. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume 26, No. 8. Washington D.C.: The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
•  Loo, C. M. & Rolison, G. (1986). Alienation of ethnic minority students at a predominatly White university. Journal of Higher Education, 57(1), 58-77.
•  Museus, S. D., Lam, S., Huang, C., Kem, P., & Tan, K. (2012). Cultural integration in campus subcultures: Where the cultural, academic, and social spheres of college life collide. In S. D. Museus & U. M. Jayakumar (Eds.). Creating campus cultures: Fostering success among racially diverse student populations. New York: Routledge.
•  National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education & The College Board. (2008). Asian American and Pacific Islanders: Fact, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight. New York: Authors.

API Student Development

•  Kodama, C. M., McEwen, M. K., Liang, C. T. H., & Lee, S. (2002). An Asian American perspective on psychosocial student development theory. In M. K. McEwen, C. M. Kodama, A. N. Alvarez, S. Lee & C. T. H. Liang (Eds.), Working with Asian American college students (pp. 45-59). New Directions for Student Services, no. 97. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Kotori, C. , Malaney, G. D. (2002). Asian American students’ perceptions of racism, reporting behaviors, and awareness of legal rights and procedures. NASPA Journal, 40(3), 56-76.
•  Liang, C. T. H., & Sedlacek, W. (2002). Attitudes of White student services practitioners toward Asian Americans. NASPA Journal, 40(3), 30-42.
•  Liang, C. T. H. & Sedlacek, W. E. (2003). Utilizing factor analysis to understand the needs of Asian American students. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 260-266.
•  McEwen, M. K., Kodama, C. M., Alvarez, A. N., Lee, S., & Liang, C. T. H. (Eds.). (2002). Working with Asian American college students (New Directions for Student Services, no. 97). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Museus, S. D. (2011). Asian American Millennials college in context: Living at the Intersection of diversification, digitization, and globalization. In F. Bonner & V. Lechuga (Eds.), Diverse millennial students in college: Implications for faculty and student affairs (pp. 69-88). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
•  Ngo, B. (2006). Learning from the margins: The education of Southeast and South Asian Americans in context. Race, Ethnicity, and Education, 9(1), 51-65. 

Racial / Ethnic Identity Development

•  Alvarez, A. N. (2002). Racial identity and Asian Americans: Supports and challenges. In M. K. McEwen, C. M. Kodama, A. N. Alvarez, S. Lee & C. T. H. Liang (Eds.), Working with Asian American college students (pp. 33-43). New Directions for Students Services, no. 97. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Alvarez, A. N., & Helms, J. E. (2001). Racial identity and reflected appraisals as influences on Asian Americans' racial adjustment. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 7, 217-231.
•  Chen, G. A. (2005). The complexity of "Asian American identity": The intersection of multiple social identities. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Texas, Austin, TX.
•  Doshi, S. (1996). Divided consciousness amidst a new orientalism: South Asian American identity formation on campus. From S. Maira & R. Srikanth (Eds.), Contours of the heart: South Asians map North America (pp. 201-213). New York: Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
•  Espiritu, Y. (1992). Asian American panethnicity: Bridging institutions and identities. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
•  Gim Chung, R. H. (2001). Gender, ethnicity, and acculturation in intergenerational conflict of Asian American college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 7, 376-386.
•  Gupta, A. (1998). At the crossroads: College activism and its impact on Asian American identity formation. From L. D. Shankar & R. Srikanth (Eds.), A part, yet apart: South Asians in Asian America (pp. 127-145). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
•  Ibrahim, F., Ohnishi, H., Sandhu, D. S. (1997). Asian American identity development: A culture specific model for South Asian Americans. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 25, 34-50.
•  Kawaguchi, S. (2002). Ethnic identity development and collegiate experience of Asian Pacific American students: Implications for practice. NASPA Journal, 40(3), 13-29.
•  Kerwin, C. & Ponterotto , J.G. (1995). Biracial identity development: Theory and research. In J.G. Ponterotto, J.M. Casas, L.A. Suzuki, & C.M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook for multicultural counseling (2nd ed., pp. 199-217). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
•  Kibria, N. (1999). College and notions of "Asian American": Second-generation Chinese and Korean Americans negotiate race and identity. Amerasia Journal, 25, 29-51.
•  Kich, G.K. (1992). The developmental process of asserting a biracial, bicultural identity. In M.P.P. Root (Ed.), Racially mixed people in America (pp. 304-317). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
•  Kim, J. (2001). Asian American identity development theory. In C. L. Wijeyesinghe & B. W. Jackson III (Eds.), New perspectives on racial identity development: A theoretical and practical anthology (pp. 67-90). New York: New York University Press.
•  Maira, S. (2004).Youth culture, citizenship, and globalization: South Asian Muslim youth in the United States after September 11th. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 24, 219-231.
•  Nishimura, N.J. (1998). Assessing the issues of multiracial students on college campuses. Journal of College Counseling, 1, 45-53.
•  Poston, W. S. C. (1990). The biracial identity development model: A needed addition. Journal of Counseling and Development, 69, 152-155.
•  Renn, K.A. (2000). Patterns of situational identity among biracial and multiracial college students. The Review of Higher Education, 23, 399-420.
•  Renn, K.A. (2003). Understanding the identities of mixed-race college students through a developmental ecology lens. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 383-403.
•  Rhoads, R. A., Lee, J. J., Yamada, M. (2002). Panethnicity and collective action among Asian American students: A qualitative case study. Journal of College Student Development, 43, 876-891.
•  Root, M.P.P. (1996). The multiracial experience: Racial borders as a significant frontier in race relations. In M.P.P. Root (Ed.), The multiracial experience: Racial borders as the new frontier (xiii – xxviii). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
•  Standen, B. C. S. (1996). Without a template: The biracial Korean/White experience. In M. P. P. Root (Ed.), The multiracial experience: Racial borders as the new frontier (pp. 245-259). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
•  Wijeyesinghe, C. L. (2001). Racial identity in multiracial people: An alternative paradigm. In C. L. Wijeyesinghe & B. W. Jackson III (Eds.), New perspectives on racial identity development: A theoretical and practical anthology (pp. 129-152). New York: New York University Press.

Gender / Sexuality Among APIs

•  Chan, J. W. (1998). Contemporary Asian American men's issues. In L. R. Hirabayashi (Ed.), Teaching Asian America: Diversity and the problem of community (pp. 93-102). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
•  Espiritu, Y. L. (1997). Asian American Pacific Islander women and men: Labor, laws, and love. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
•  Hune, S. (1998). Asian Pacific American women in higher education: Claiming visibility and voice. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
•  Hune, S. (1997). Higher education as gendered space: Asian American women and everyday inequities. In C. R. Ronai, B. A. Zsembik, & J. R. Feagin (Eds.), Everyday sexism in the third millennium. (pp.181-196). New York: Routledge.
•  Kumashiro, K. K. (1999). Supplementing normalcy and otherness: Queer Asian American men reflect on stereotypes, identity, and oppression. Qualitative Studies in Education, 12, 491-508.
•  Liu, W. M. (2002). Exploring the lives of Asian American men: Racial identity, male role norms, gender role conflict, and prejudicial attitudes. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 3, 107-118.
•  Liu, W. M. & Iwamoto, D. K. (2006). Asian American men’s gender role conflict: The role of Asian values, self-esteem, and psychological distress. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 7(3), 153-164.

API Student Involvement

•  Accapadi, M. M. (2005). Affirmations of identity: The story of a South Asian American sorority. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Texas, Austin, TX.
•  Inkelas, K. K. (2004). Does participation in ethnic cocurricular activities facilitate a sense of ethnic awareness and understanding? A study of Asian Pacific American undergraduates. Journal of College Student Development, 45, 285-302.
•  Kimbrough, W. (2002, January 22). Guess who's coming to campus: The growth of Black, Latin, and Asian fraternal organizations. NetResults.
•  Museus, S. D. (2008). The role of ethnic student organizations in fostering African American and Asian American students' cultural adjustment and membership at predominantly White institutions. Journal of College Student Development, 49, 568-586.
•  Park, J. (2008). Race and the Greek system in the 21st century: Centering the voices of Asian American women. NASPA Journal, 45(1), 103-132.

API Leadership

•  Balón, D. G. (2003). Asian Pacific American leadership development. Leadership Insights and Applications Series #14. College Park, MD: National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs.
•  Balón, D. G. (2004). Racial, ethnic, and gender differences among entering college student attitudes toward leadership, culture, and leader self-identification: A focus on Asian Pacific Americans. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
•  Balón, D. G. (2005, April 26). Asian Pacific American college students on leadership: Culturally marginalized from the leader role? National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) NetResults.
•  Liang (Eds.), Working with Asian American college students. (New Directions for Student Services, No. 97, pp. 81-89). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Liang, C. T. H., Lee, S., Ting, M. P. (2002). Developing Asian American leaders. In M. K. McEwen, C. M. Kodama, A. N. Alvarez, S. Lee, & C. T. H.
•  Lin, M. H. (2007). Asian American leadership development: Examining the impact of collegiate environments and personal goals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY.
•  Liu, W. M., & Sedlacek, W. E. (1999). Differences in leadership and cocurricular perception among entering male and female Asian Pacific American college students. Journal of Freshman Year Experience, 11(2), 93-114.

Academics and the Model Minority Myth

•  Chang, Mitchell J., Julie J. Park, Monica H. Lin, Oiyan A. Poon, and Don T. Nakanishi. Beyond Myths: The Growth and Diversity of Asian American College Freshmen: 1971-2005. UCLA: Higher Education Research Institute, 2007.
•  Chou, R. S. & Feagin, J. R. (2008). The myth of the model minority: Asian Americans facing racism. Boulder, CO.: Paradigm Publishers.
•  Inkelas, K. K. (2003). Caught in the middle: Understanding Asian Pacific American perspectives on affirmative action through Blumeris group position theory. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 625-643.
•  Inkelas, K. K. (2003). Diversity’s missing minority: Asian Pacific American undergraduates' attitudes toward affirmative action. The Journal of Higher Education, 74, 601-639.
•  Inkelas, K. K. (2006). Racial attitudes and Asian Pacific Americans: Demystifying the model minority. New York: Routledge.
•  Kodama, A. N. Alvarez, S. Lee & C. T. H. Liang (Eds.), Working with Asian American college students (pp. 21-32). New Directions for Student Services, no. 97. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Lee, S. J. (1996). Unraveling the “model minority” stereotype: Listening to Asian American youth. New York: Teachers College Press.
•  Lee, S. S. (2006). Over-represented and de-minoritized: The racialization of Asian Americans in higher education. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 2(2), Article 4. Retrieved from http://repositories.cdlib.org/gseis/interactions/vol2/iss2/art4
•  Lew, Jonathan, June Chang, and Winnie Wang. (2005). "The Overlooked Minority. Asian Pacific American Students at Community Colleges." Community College Review 33, 64-84.
•  Museus, S. D. (2008). The model minority and the inferior minority myths: Understanding stereotypes and their implications for student involvement. About Campus, 13(3), 2-8.
•  Museus, S. D. (Ed.) (2009). Conducting research on Asian Americans in higher education: New Directions for Institutional Research (no. 142). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. https://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/node/6899
• Nakanishi, D. T. & Nishida, T. Y. (Eds.) (1994). The Asian American Pacific Islander educational experience: A source book for teachers and students. New York: Routledge.
•  Sue, S., & Okazaki, S. (1990). Asian-American educational achievements: A phenomenon in search of an explanation. American Psychologist, 45, 913-920.
•  Suzuki, B. H. (2002). Revisiting the model minority stereotype: Implications for student affairs practice and higher education. In M. K. McEwen, C. M.
•  Takagi, D.Y. (1992). The retreat from race: Asian-American admissions and racial politics. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
•  Tan, D. (1994). Uniqueness of the Asian American experience in higher education. College Student Journal, 28, 412-421.
•  Ting, R. S. (2000). Predicting Asian Americans’ academic performance in the first year of college: An approach combining SAT scores and noncognitive variables. Journal of College Student Development, 41, 442-449.
•  To, D. L. (2008). Methodological issues in model minority research: Where do we go from here? In G. Li & L. Wang (Eds.), Model minority myth revisited (pp. 299-314). Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

API Student Persistence and Retention

•  Bennett, C. & Okinaka, A. M. (1990). Factors related to persistence among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White undergraduates at a predominantly White university: Comparison between first and fourth year cohorts. The Urban Review, 22(1), 33-60.
•  Chan, S. & Wang. L. (1991). Racism and the model minority: Asian Americans in higher education. In Altbach, P. G. & Lomotey , K. (Eds.) The racial crisis in American higher education, (pp. 43-68). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
•  Gloria, A. M. & Ho, T. A. (2003). Environmental, social, and psychological experiences of Asian American undergraduates: Examining issues of academic persistence. Journal of Counseling & Development, 81, 93-105.
•  Kiang, P. (2005). A thematic analysis of persistence and long-term educational engagement with Southeast Asian American college students. Washington D.C.: Southeast Asian American Student Action and Visibility in Education (SAVE) Project.
•  Kiang, P. N. (1996). Persistence stories and survival strategies of Cambodian Americans in college. Journal of Narrative and Life History, 6(1), 39-64.
•  Museus, S. D. (2011). Mixing quantitative national survey data and qualitative interview data to understand college access and equity: An examination of first-generation Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In K. A. Griffin & S. D. Museus (Eds.). Using mixed-methods approaches to study intersectionality in higher education: New Directions for Institutional Research (no. 151, pp. 63-75). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Nishimoto, J. K., & Hagedorn, L. S. (2003). Retention, persistence, and course taking patterns of Asian Pacific Americans attending urban community colleges. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
•  Strage, A. (2000). Predictors of college adjustment and success: Similarities and difference among Southeast-Asian-American, Hispanic and White students. Education, 120, 731-740.
•  Yeh, T. L. (2002). Asian American college students who are educationally at risk. In M. K. McEwen, C. M. Kodama, A. N. Alvarez, S. Lee & C. T. H. Liang (Eds.), Working with Asian American college students (pp. 61-71). New Directions for Student Services, no. 97. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•  Yeh, T. L. (2005). Issues of college persistence Asian and Asian Pacific American students. Journal of College Student Retention, 6(1), 81-96.

API Student Mental Health

•  Cohen, E. (2007, May 16). Push to achieve tied to suicide in Asian-American women.