Catherine Ma
City University of New York
New York City, New York, United States
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Dr. Catherine Ma is an accomplished and influential figure in psychology and academia. Her role as the first Chinese full professor of psychology at Kingsborough Community College is a testament to her accomplishments, and she acknowledges the invaluable support of her loving husband, three children, parents, mother-in-law, and pug in her success. Dr. Ma is a highly accomplished and dedicated professor whose work encompasses a wide range of essential topics such as antiracism pedagogy, Chinese immigrant experiences, and the impact of race and class in various settings. Her commitment to education and community involvement shines through in her significant contributions to teaching, scholarship, and service, particularly in areas related to antiracism pedagogy, Chinese immigrant experiences, and the impact of Chinese mothers. Dr. Ma's dedication to supporting students is exemplified in her decade-long mentorship of students of color, her ongoing mentoring of junior faculty at Kingsborough’s HURFS-RC (Historically Underrepresented Faculty and Staff Resource Center), and the creation of the Yuet Chun & Tai Yee Ma Memorial Endowment Fund which offers an annual scholarship to a hardworking Kingsborough student in perpetuity.
Her newest venture addresses the lack of mentorship among AAPI faculty and staff. Dr. Ma cofounded AAMPOWER (Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience) CUNY with her distinguished colleagues Dr. Trang Le-Chan, Dr. Payal Doctor, and Dean Sandie Han. This role in this organization highlights her commitment to fostering mentorship, empowerment, and resilience among Asian women in higher education. By creating a supportive community for sharing experiences and addressing critical issues, AAMPOWER CUNY represents a significant endeavor in championing diversity, inclusion, and support for future generations of Asian women at CUNY. Dr. Ma's collaborative efforts in establishing this initiative reflect her dedication to advocacy and empowerment within the academic community.
Dr. Ma's impressive achievements are reflected in her receipt of several prestigious awards, including Kingsborough's Fostering Teaching Excellence and Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Works Awards, and her dedication to teaching and mentoring excellence in the academic community was recognized with the SPSSI Two-Year College Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Award in 2022. Dr. Ma's numerous awards and accolades speak to the quality and impact of her work. Her passion for empowering others and addressing systemic injustices makes her a valuable asset in academia and beyond.
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Feminisms II: The Self in Study: Identities within Asian American Feminisms
This roundtable is one of three sessions sponsored by the Asian American Feminisms Section. Just as Asian American Feminisms encompass complex histories, politics, disciplines, and theoretical frameworks, so too does the identity of Asian American feminist. In this roundtable, we explore how our individual identities inform our Asian American feminist work, the relation between the self and study, as well as the examination of the self in studies. We are interested in how our creative and scholarly pursuits often take an autoethnographic approach, informed by an interpretation of lived experiences that connect to wider cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings. We share how our various cultural, ethnic, racial identities, included within Asian American feminists, affect our research, art, scholarship, and teaching. We offer self-reflections from Asian American(ist) feminists that take up the question of what it means to navigate our selves in our work. Sandra So Hee Chi Kim reflects on how her Korean American identity informed her journey from a historically Eurocentric field to Asian American Studies. Catherine Ma describes difficulties she encountered as a Chinese immigrant mother in academia and the act of putting her rage of invisible mothering onto paper. Van Ngoc Tran Nguyen discusses making THE MOTHERLOAD, a film starring herself and her mother, that interrogates how Hollywood movies depict the Vietnam War. Lili Shi recounts the challenges of becoming a feminist as a transnational Chinese American academic in the past two decades, from international student to tenured professor.
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