Dr. Ban Awarded Grant for Mapping Emotions of Asian/Asian American Experiences

Dr. ban awarded $2500 grant for “Mapping Emotions of Asian/Asian American (AAA) Experiences in the West, South Central, and Midwest Regions in the U.S.: Using Mixed-Methods Approach.” The grant will support a Graduate Student Assistant (about $1,800 for 90 hours in FA2024) and compensation for interview participants (about $700 for 30 or more interviews during SU-FA2024).

The project is part of an ongoing multidisciplinary research to explore the emotions of AAA adults in the U.S. they have experienced in public spaces since the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses in-depth interviews and digital mapping using ArcGIS Online. The research team consists of geographers and psychologists at different U.S. institutions, including myself (Co-PI), Dr. Seungyeon Lee (Co-PI, psychology) at the University of Central Arkansas, and Drs. Hyejin Yoon (PI, geography) and Kyongboon Kwon (Co-PI, psychology) at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Dr. Yoon and I published the first article of the ongoing research about geographic literature on hate crimes and incidents (Yoon, Ban, and Hong-Dwyer 2024). The research team had a panel presentation, “Asia in Conversation: Navigating Asian/Asian-American Identity in the Midwest, Southwest, and West: Flourishing in Unfamiliar Terrain,” sponsored by the UWM Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the William F. Vilas Trust, March 15, 2024.