Culture Shock for Asians in U.S. Academia Breaking the Model Minority Myth [Hardcover]

Culture Shocks for Asians in U.S. Academia deals with an important issue that has been neglected so far by academics. This book is a scholarly analysis of one of most challenging issues confronting Asian American students and scholars in their academic lives, breaking the common myth of the Asian American success model, and uncovering the hidden failures behind the success. This book will be a valuable addition to scholarly research and provide a deeper of understanding of Asian Americans in North America.This book presents an inner picture of Asian model minority students struggling to meet parental and societal expectations and Asian faculty at American academic institutes experiencing cultural and linguistic difficulties to adapt to the prevailing culture and customs. The author, herself a Korean immigrant mother who has raised two children and an intercultural communication scholar, analytically examines her own first-hand experiences, observations, and research from an integrated perspective of a model minority parent, an Asian female faculty member, and an intercultural communication researcher. Anyone interested in understanding the inner issues and challenges of Asian model minority students and Asian faculty in U.S. academia should read this book. Eung-Jun Min, Rhode Island CollegeThe book is uniquely structured for everyone in higher education, K-12 practitioners, community leaders, and policy makers and political leaders at all levels in understanding Asian Americans ideals, struggles, despairs, and hopes in American education and beyond. Due to the increasing Asian American presence in American education, the need to understand these issues is urgent. Esther Yook examines both myths and realities, providing many compelling cases and theories that challenge the education community and beyond to rethink stereotypical perceptions of Asian Americans in academia. A comprehensive and insightful work that de-mythifies Asian American culture and education.ls'