Please join the San José State University School of Information for our symposium on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month presented in collaboration with the AANHPI iSchool Student Group at SJSU.

AGENDA

Welcome (10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Pacific Time)

• Dr. Anthony Chow, PhD: Professor and Director, SJSU iSchool

The Missing Stories: An Introduction to South Asian America (10:05 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. Pacific Time)

• Samip Mallick: Co-founder and Executive Director, South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)

Telling the Hard Stories: Representing South Asian Memories (10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Pacific Time)

• Hema Panesar: Registrar, University of Southern California (USC) Pacific Asia Museum

Privileged but Underrepresented: Creating Space for South Asian Voices in Silicon Valley (10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Pacific Time)

• Mantra Roy: Community Engagement Librarian, SJSU King Library

Panel Discussion (11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Pacific Time)
Moderated by Tarunjot Chahal, Vice Chair, AANHPI iSchool Student Group.

• Samip Mallick: Co-founder and Executive Director, South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
• Hema Panesar: Registrar, University of Southern California (USC) Pacific Asia Museum
• Mantra Roy: Community Engagement Librarian, SJSU King Library

Concluding Remarks (11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time)