White House Initiative for Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Meetings 12/15

Join the Asian American Center for Excellence & Engagement (AACEE) and the White House Initiative for Asian American, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) for an exciting day of programming on Friday, Dec. 15! All events will take place in Moloney Hall at University Crossing and faculty, staff and students of all backgrounds are welcome. 

At 10 a.m., WHIAANHPI will be hosting a campus-wide convening to share our relevant resources and administration updates to advance educational equity and opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. We will hear from speakers from WHIAANHPI, White House Office of Public Engagement, Department of Health and Human Services. Representatives from UMass Lowell’s AANAPISI Grant will also share updates from and we hear from students who have worked closely with the grant. 

To attend the 10 a.m. event, please reserve your ticket online

At 4 p.m., WHIAANHPI will share federal internship and job opportunities with students of all backgrounds. Come learn more about a career in the federal government with representatives from the General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE), and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). 

Panelist Bios:

Chris Kuang, U.S. Digital Corps (he/him) is co-founder and deputy director of the U.S. Digital Corps, a two-year federal government fellowship that recruits early-career technologists to contribute to high-impact efforts including in public health, cybersecurity, and streamlining government services. The Digital Corps was launched in 2021 by the Biden-Harris administration and operates out of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Prior to the Digital Corps, Chris co-founded and led the nonprofit Coding it Forward, which has placed hundreds of technology students in meaningful public service experiences in federal, state, and local government agencies. He graduated from Harvard College and previously worked as a Research Assistant for the Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project at Harvard Kennedy School, where he co-authored a report on science and technology policy capacity in the United States Congress.

Anna Han, National Institute of Health is a Senior Advisor for Social and Behavioral Sciences at the NIH’s Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE), her work focuses on implementing evidence-based behavioral approaches programs and policies and overseeing trainee diversity programming to enhance diversity and inclusion of the scientific workforce. She is also a co-director for the NIH Academy for Health Disparities. Prior to joining the OITE, she was a Branch Chief of Outreach and Training at NIH’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and also was a senior behavioral scientist and policy advisor in the Scientific Workforce Diversity Office. Before joining the NIH, Anna was a tenured Associate Professor of Psychology at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She received her doctorate from The Ohio State University, and her research areas include attitude and behavior change, diversity, implicit/explicit biases, and self-control.

To attend the 4 p.m. event, please reserve your ticket online.