Hartlep, Ball, and Wells present an incredible array of essays written by the worlds most foremost scholars on what it means to be Asian American and hold distinguished faculty appointments. These collected works will do much to raise much needed consciousness on the trials, tribulations, and hopes of a racial group that has experienced tragic experiences of exclusion and xenophobia.Dr. René Antrop-Gonzįlez, Dean and Professor of Education, SUNY at New Paltz Improving the representation of Asian American endowed chairs, particularly in education, is of great importance because of their unusually low current representation relative to their achievements.Dr. Jonathan Wai (from the Foreword), Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Psychology and 21st Century Endowed Chair in Education Policy, University of Arkansas Nicholas D. Hartlep, Daisy Ball, and Kevin E. Wells and their second edition of Asian/American Scholars of Education 21st Century Pedagogies, Perspectives, and Experiences place their field-shifting perspectives on the engagements of Asian American faculty in Academe who have received named professorships. Hartlep, Ball, and Wells stand on the shoulders of the giants in the fieldDerald Wing Sue, Robert Teranishi, and Mitchell Chang among othersto gain an aerial view of the higher education landscape that has been at best sparsely occupied, and at worst bereft of literature that speaks to the Asian American experience. Their tome unapologetically provides intellectual space to problematize pedagogical approaches, as well as experiential and perspectival engagements through the narratives shared by these named professors.Dr. Fred A. Bonner II, Professor and Endowed Chair, Whitlowe R. Green College of Education, Prairie View A&M University
