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2024 AOM Annual Meeting

DEI

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826: South Asian Women’s Experiences and Challenges in the U.S.: Future Directions for Scholarship (19378)

Sunday, August 11, 2024
13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)
Location: Hyatt: Grand Hall MN
Session Number: 826
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Theme,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/d6KZqv
The goal of this panel is to discuss the lived experiences of South Asian women in the U.S., both in academia and other U.S. workplaces, to understand their unique paths and challenges. There have been multiple calls for research to better understand the workplace and social experiences of Asians. Research scholarship calls for the need to move beyond looking at Asians in America as a monolith and understanding the unique experiences of the Asian subgroups. South Asians, specifically Asian Indians, are the fastest growing Asian group in the U.S. Surprisingly, there is limited data on the lived experiences of South Asians. There is even lesser understanding of the intersectional experiences of South Asian women, especially for immigrant or first-generation women. While intersectionality in terms of ethnicity and gender play a role in their experiences, the salience of cultural identities and gender roles may be exacerbated in the context of immigration, when they adjust to an environment with new cultural norms. Thus, in this panel symposium, we are interested in discussing the lived experiences, challenges, and navigation strategies for South Asian women in U.S. academia and other workplaces. More broadly, we would like to discuss the directions that DEI research needs to take to ensure that we expand scholarship to better understand the experiences of South Asian women.