The Other Students: Filipino Americans, Education, and Power

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: Though the Filipino American population has increased numerically in many areas of the United States, especially since the influx of professional immigrants in the wake of the 1965 Immigration Act, their impact on schools and related educational institutions has rarely been documented and examined. The Other Students: Filipino Americans, Education, and Power is the first book of its kind to focus specifically on Filipino Americans in education. Through a collection of historical and contemporary perspectives, we fill a profound gap in the scholarship as we analyze the emerging presence of Filipino Americans both as subjects and objects of study in education research and practice. We highlight the argument that one cannot adequately and appropriately understand the complex histories, cultures, and contemporary conditions faced by Filipino Americans in education unless one grapples with the specificities of their colonial pasts and presents, their unique migration and immigration patterns, their differing racialization and processes of identity formations, the connections between diaspora and community belonging, and the various perspectives offered by ethnic group-centered analysis to multicultural projects. The historical, methodological, and theoretical approaches in this anthology will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and students in disciplines which include Education, Ethnic Studies, Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, Urban Studies, Public Policy, and Public Health. Contributor Bio:  Maramba, Dina C Dina C. Maramba is Associate Professor of Student Affairs Administration at SUNY Binghamton, and has experience as a practitioner and administrator in programs that are designed to increase the number of underrepresented students in higher education. She previously served as director of TRIO programs at the University of California, San Diego; resident director at both Colorado State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara; and coordinator of Upward Bound at Colorado State University. Her research interests include: access and success of underserved college student populations; Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Filipina/o Americans in higher education; equity, diversity and social justice issues in higher education; and the impact of college environments on students. Dr. Maramba earned her MS in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University and her PhD in Higher Education from Claremont Graduate University.