Public Scholar Speaker Equity Advocate Author
How do immigrants create belonging, even when they are told they don’t? Dr. Pawan Dhingra is a multiple award-winning scholar, frequent speaker, and public writer whose work explains several aspects of the immigrant experience, with attention on Asian Americans. His research uncovers how people navigate work, culture, community, and the many social forces that shape our lives. He is a a New York Times published author and former curator at the Smithsonian. His forthcoming book is, Success Won’t Save Us: How Asian Americans Can Fight White Supremacy.
Min Jin Lee,
Author of American Hagwon and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award
“How can we understand the modern Asian American? Pawan Dhingra explores the seemingly invisible paradigms of racial and cultural status hierarchies. By naming the knotty problems which limit the full humanity of Asian American lives, Dhingra poses a formidable and necessary challenge for our collective growth. Success Won’t Save Us bravely charts new territory for intellectual and cultural liberation.”