Professor Shrake in Rome, Summer 2006.
Asian
American Studies is important because it provides intellectual
space to reflect on American society's race/class structure and to (re)think
ways to build more democratic and equitable society.
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- Curriculum Vitae [pdf download]
Education
- Ph.D. Education, University of California, Los Angeles (1997)
- Th.M. Theology, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas (1990)
- M.A. Christian Education, Presbyterian College, Seoul, Korea (1984)
- B.A. Christian Education, Presbyterian College, Seoul, Korea (1977)
Scholarship Highlights
- "Understanding Resistance Behaviors of Asian American Adolescents," in Rene Grenell (ed.), Adolescent Behavior Research Studies, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.
- "Unmasking the Self: Struggling with Model Minority Stereotype and Lotus Blossom Image," in STRANGERS OF THE ACADEMY, Li Guofang & Gulbahar Beckett (eds.), Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2005.
- "Korean Authoritarian Parenting Style: Is It as Negative as Thought to Be?" JOURNAL OF GLOBAL AWARNESS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, 6(3), 2005.
- "The Effects of Ethnic Identity on Adolescent Problem Behaviors: A Case of Korean American Adolescents," ADOLESCENCE, 39 (4), 2004.
Dr. Shrake is an associate professor specializing in Asian American education. Before she joined the department in 2002, she taught Asian American Studies and Education courses at UCLA, UCI, CSULB, and CSULA. Her teaching and research interests focus on Asian American children and youth, Asian American parenting styles, intergenerational cultural conflict, and equity and diversity issues in American education. She also has expertise in Korean American community issues.
Here at CSUN, she teaches ITEP and teacher education courses such as AAS 450: Asian American Child, and AAS 417: Equity and Diversity at Schools. Recently she added to her teaching repertory AAS 100: Introduction to Asian American Studies.
I was introduced to the field of Asian American Studies when I started teaching an interdisciplinary course which was called "Education and Asian Americans".
She is faculty advisor to two student groups on campus, the Korean American Student Association (KASA) and "Revivalution."
She is currently revising articles on "Sexuality and Religion: Attitudes toward Homosexuality in Korean American Protestant Churches," and "Asian American Resistance To The Teaching Profession." She is also working on editing a textbook for Introduction to AAS course.