Modern Societal Impacts of the Model Minority Stereotype,

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Thursday, May 7 at 2:00 pm EST In the May edition of IGI Global’s Online Educational Symposium Series, Illinois State University Assistant Professor Dr. Nicholas Daniel Hartlep discusses the idea that the Asian/American model minority stereotype, a form of racism steeped in social and cultural sophistry. According to Hartlep, sophistry contributes to discursive anti-Asian racism. Hartlep’s discussion outlines the beginning contexts of the model minority stereotype in the United States. Framing the origins of the stereotype in political economy, Hartlep discusses some of the reasons why the model minority stereotype is so difficult to dismantle. Hartlep concludes by sharing about his ongoing work. He situates his current work within the broader corpus of scholarship on the model minority stereotype. Presenting research from the Dr. Harlep's title Modern Societal Impacts of the Model Minority Stereotype, this presentation highlights current research on the implications of stereotypes and racism in American culture and society.

Symposium Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Daniel Hartlep Illinois State University, USA Dr. Nicholas Daniel Hartlep is an Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations at Illinois State University, where he teaches courses on the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Urban Educational Doctoral Program. He is the author of The Model Minority Stereotype: Demystifying Asian American Success (2013), editor of The Model Minority Stereotype Reader: Critical and Challenging Readings for the 21st Century (2014), co-editor of Unhooking from Whiteness: The Key to Dismantling Racism in the United States (2013), and co-editor of the forthcoming Killing the Model Minority Stereotype: Asian American Counterstories and Complicity. His research has been published in Equity and Excellence in Education, The Journal of Educational Foundations, and Educational Studies. His website, The Model Minority Stereotype Project, is a leading resource for locating research and writing on the stereotype of Asians/Asian Americans.

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