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Poon

OiYan

OiYan Poon is an educator, author, speaker, and race and education scholar. She is co-director of the College Admissions Futures Co-Laborative and a former Senior Research Fellow for Education Equity at the NAACP LDF Thurgood Marshall Institute.

Racial Choices: Justice or "Just Us"?

Tracing the historical evolution of Asian American political engagement in policy debates over racial inequalities, Dr. Poon will identify and describe the ideological division between notions of racial justice and “just us.”

Spring 2025 Events

March 28 - Hartford, CT - White Privilege Conference

March 29 - Bloomington, IN - Midwest Asian American Student Union Spring Conference

April 3 - SUNY Stony Brook

April 23 - AERA in Denver

May 13 - Yale Child Study Center Grand Rounds

Asian American Is Not A Color by OiYan Poon Book Cover

A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans

Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family

Learn about her services.