History:
The UCAARC was organized by Asian American student leaders in response to a community need for connection and networking in a virtual landscape during the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Asian American Studies major Calena Ang and a UC-wide student committee, the first UCAARC profiled the research papers and creative projects of [X] undergraduate students and [Y] graduate students through a combination of pre-recorded and live-streamed presentations.
2021 UCAARC, [Date/Time]
Link to Conference Schedule
2021 Awardees
1st Place
Panel A
Emily Hong Van Luong
Project Title: A sis bout to drown in these edges: Asian American Appropriation of African American Vernacular English and Coalition-Building in Social Justice Movements
Panel B
Markus Faye Portacio
Project Title: Kultura through Komiks: Philippine Mythology Depicted in Filipino Comic Books
Panel C
Jason Tuan Vu
Project Title: Crossing Empire: Theorizing Settler Carcerality via Southeast Asian Deportation
Video
Grant Cho
Project Title: Issues of Access to Healthcare for Korean Patients in Los Angeles
2nd Place
Panel A
Faith Ngo
Project Title: Conceptions of Bicultural Identities and High School Experience Among Second Generation Vietnamese Americans
Panel B
Ji Yoon Kim
Project Title: Why are you at a community college?”: Examining The Intersection of the Model Minority Myth and Community College Stigma among First and Multi-generation Asian American Community College Students
Panel C
Christian Okubo
Project Title: Resurrection After Incarceration: The Japanese American Community of Denver, Colorado
Video
Joanne Seung
Project Title: Socio-cultural contributions to differential RNA gene expression in Korean American young adults
3rd Place
Panel A
Michelle Wei
Project Title: The Conundrum of Identity: First Generation Taiwanese American Identity Formation
Panel B
Janie Chen
Project Title: Know History, Know Self: Coming Home for Formerly Incarcerated Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Panel C
Thuy Trang Sabrina Pham Vu
Project Title: Cultivating Stories: Examining Vietnamese Refugee Knowledge & Personhood
Video
Annalyn Diaz
Project Title: Sword and Shield–Ethnic Studies and Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy as Tools for Student Empowerment and Liberation