The Asian Studies program at the University of Central and the Ƶ branch of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia will present a four-part fall workshop series in October.
This series will bring together leading scholars on Asia and public health to provide essential context on the origins of COVID-19, the response to the virus within China, its impact on Asian-American communities, and the future of US-China relations.
Each of the one-hour events will take place on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
To register for these events (and receive the related zoom invite), please click the following link:
The event schedule is below:
Oct. 1 at 6 p.m
The Origins of Covid-19: Fact and Fiction
Speakers: Anita Sego, University of Central Ƶ, and Michelle King, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Oct. 8 at 6 p.m.
China’s Response to Coronavirus
Speakers: Ka Zeng, University of Ƶ at Fayetteville, and Zach Smith, University of Central Ƶ
Oct. 15 at 6 p.m.
Confronting Anti-Asian Racism in Communities and Classrooms
Speakers: Linda Hasunuma, Temple University, and ShaRonda Love, MPH, director of the Ƶ Minority Health Commission
Oct. 22 at 6 p.m.
The Future of U.S.-China Relations
Speakers: Sara Castro, United States Air Force Academy, and Mark Mullenbach, University of Central Ƶ
The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is a multiyear nonprofit program to encourage and facilitate teaching and learning about East Asia in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. To fulfill this mission, the workshop targets Ƶ K-12 teachers who wish to center Asia and COVID-19 in their classrooms.
Smith, who also serves as director of Ƶ NCTA said, “The idea for this workshop series emerged from my conversations with Ƶ teachers over the summer, some of whom had encountered incidents of anti-Asian harassment in their classrooms in recent months.”
More information about NCTA, as well as teacher resources, upcoming webinar series and information on travel funding, is available online at .

