She has said she was named after American poet Maya Angelou. Her elder half-brother is the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. For more information about the event, visit the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program website here.Soetoro-Ng was born Maya Kasandra Soetoro in Saint Carolus Hospital, a Catholic hospital, in Jakarta, Indonesia, the daughter of American cultural anthropologist Ann Dunham, an American of Swiss, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English descent and Indonesian businessman Lolo Soetoro. Please make reservations as soon as possible by calling the APA Program office at like it's going to be a really interesting talk, on a topic I'm pretty interested in. Presidential Suite, National Museum of American History
Ng explores the grassroots Asian America new media expressions that emerged during the recent presidential campaign and examines how new media platforms such as YouTube became the terrain for confronting stereotypes and putting the Asian American experience at the center of American life. What are the ways in which American life has been transformed by new media? What forms of political and cultural presence are enabled by platforms such as YouTube? Dr.
We figured since he’s only here for a limited time, we should share his insightful knowledge with everyone else, too… now is your chance to ask directly about his research! Konrad Ng, assistant professor at the University of Hawai‘i Academy of Creative Media, who has been in residence with us at the APA Program since August. With Professor Konrad Ng, PhD, Smithsonian APA Program Visiting ScholarĪssistant Professor, University of Hawai‘i Academy for Creative MediaĬome meet Dr.
He'll be talking about his research in grassroots Asian American media expressions. area, check out this Brown Bag Lunch talk happening this week with Professor Konrad Ng (aka "Mister to the Sister"), presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program: New Media and New Asian American Cultural and Political Engagement.
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