DOI: 10.1177/0739456x261495421 ISSN: 0739-456X
A Minority yet not a Minority: Lived Experience of East Asian Planning Doctorates in the Academic Environment
Yasuyuki (Yas) Motoyama, Nayoung Ko, Minji Cho, Cathy Yang Liu, Haifeng QianWe examined systemic barriers faced by East Asians with doctoral degrees, an important group that constitutes a large share, and often the majority, of doctoral students in the fields of planning and public administration at US universities. Based on a stratified sample of twenty-five interviews, we found that, while our interviewees enjoyed a relatively liberal environment during doctoral training, they experienced a more subtle exclusionary experience in their postdoctoral careers related to their capabilities and recognition. Asian doctorates felt that they were invisible as a minority, and Asian women expressed more barriers.