parents and religion for asian americans

Having a warm/loving relationship with your parents isn’t significantly associated with external markers of religiosity (church attendance), but it is positively associated with internal markers (ie, saying your religion means a lot to you)–for Asian American adolescents. Loads of interesting stuff in this article: Zhai and Stokes 2009

jim kim, blazing new paths for ahjushis (and asian american college presidents)

I thought nothing could be more surreal than watching Dartmouth president Jim Kim do Thriller last yr. I was wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lHKJEp5e-8&feature=player_embedded (starting around 1:58) (Thriller from 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYdp8xgekU&NR=1 Kim comes on around 1:55)

i like

http://chronicle.com/article/Tea-Shortbread3-Things/126683/ In other news, I enjoy reading about Mike Tyson’s affection for pigeons: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/magazine/mag-20Tyson-t.html?ref=magazine

my korean deli

I’m about halfway through this book; it’s pretty funny/odd to hear a White guy comment on ahjuma culture. I like how he and his mother-in-law are best friends post-deli: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/now-reading-my-korean-deli/?smid=tw-nytimesdining&seid=auto So far my favorite part of the book is his description of his father-in-law, a HVAC repairman who loves to belt out Korean opera/folk music and…

early action/decision

I had fun earlier this week making my public radio (okay, any radio) debut. Early action/decision is back in the news with Harvard/Princeton’s decision to bring back early action, so I did a segment on WBUR, Boston’s NPR affiliate, talking about it. The other guest was Chris Avery, who (literally) wrote the book on early decision/early…