#259 Forum Today; Translation; 5/6 Meeting Summary; Research Security; Teachers Workshop; +

In This Issue #259

·       Forum Today: A Dialogue Between Communities with The FBI

·       Translation of Commentary by Carter Center

·       2024/05/06 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary

·       Workshop on Research Security

·       Teachers Workshop on "U.S.-China Relations: Untangling Campaign Rhetoric & Understanding Policy"

·       News and Activities for the Communities

Forum Today: A Dialogue Between Communities with The FBI 

Today is the day the Baker Institute and the Office of Innovation at Rice University, the Texas Multicultural Advocacy Coalition, and APA Justice will co-host a hybrid forum titled "A Dialogue Between the Academic and Asian American Communities and the FBI," starting at 4 pm Central Time.The event brings together Jill Murphy, deputy assistant director of counterintelligence at the FBI, and the leadership of the FBI’s Houston field office for a dialogue with members of the academic and Asian American communities. It will examine gaps between national science and technology policy and its implementation. It will also explore the possibility of establishing a regular communication channel between the academic and Asian American communities with FBI field offices. Register to join the forum in person: https://bit.ly/4aFwvuK.  Register to join the forum: https://bit.ly/3wjg759.  

Translation of Commentary by Carter Center

The Commentary by Neal Lane, Steven Pei, and Jeremy Wu on "An Urgent Call for Clear and Fair Law Enforcement Guidelines and Procedures for Research Security" has been translated into simplified Chinese and posted at the US-China Perception Monitor of the Carter Center: https://bit.ly/4ej0agv.The Commentary was originally published by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; full text is available here. The views expressed therein are those of the individual author(s), and do not necessarily represent the views of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.  The Baker Institute has exclusively authorized the Carter Center to translate and publish this article. 

2024/05/06 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary

The May 6, 2024, APA Justice monthly meeting summary is now available at https://bit.ly/3VswvKd.  We thank the following speakers for their remarks and updates:

·       Nisha Ramachandran, Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, nisha.ramachandran@mail.house.gov, provided updates from CAPAC  

·       Joanna YangQing Derman, Director, Anti-Profiling, Civil Rights & National Security Program, Advancing Justice | AAJC, provided updates from AAJC

·       Gisela Perez Kusakawa, Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), gpkusakawa@aasforum.org, provided updates from AASF

·       Nabila Mansoor, President, Texas Multicultural Advocacy Coalition (TMAC), and Kenneth M. Evans, Scholar in Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, reported on "A Forum with the Asian American and Academic Communities and the FBI in Houston."

·       Rebecca Lynn Spyke Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy, National Science Foundation (NSF), provided updates from NSF, with comments by Tam Dao, Assistant Vice President for Research Security, Office of Innovation at Rice University on a workshop on NSF's Research on Research Security Program on May 23-24, 2024.

Read the 2024/05/06 monthly meeting summary: https://bit.ly/3VswvKd. Read past monthly meeting summaries: https://bit.ly/3kxkqxP

Workshop on Research Security

Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted a two-part workshop to advance the emerging field of research on research security (RoRS). Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), this event included a virtual session on May 2 and an in-person gathering on May 23-24. The workshop featured experts from public policy, mathematics, physics, computer sciences, engineering and the social sciences, aiming to address issues in research security.Participants from around the globe, including representatives from the EU, UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan, collaborated to identify current challenges and develop a future roadmap for NSF’s RoRS program, which was launched in July 2023. This initiative is in response to the CHIPS and Science Act and aims to enhance the study of research security.Tam Dao, the assistant vice president for research security at Rice University and a former FBI agent, tasked attendees with creating testable hypotheses and research methods.Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Rice’s executive vice president for research, emphasized the global nature of research security and the need for international cooperation.Rebecca Keiser, NSF’s chief of research security strategy and policy, highlighted the importance of using data to influence policy and advocated for forming a community of practice to integrate various research fields.Kenny Evans from the Baker Institute expressed hope that the workshop's outcomes would shape future federal research security policies. 

The workshop titled "Responsible Collaboration through Appropriate Research Security," aimed to foster a balance between securing research and maintaining open international collaborations. Read the Rice News report on the workshop: https://bit.ly/3Xdy146

Teachers Workshop on "U.S.-China Relations: Untangling Campaign Rhetoric & Understanding Policy"

With U.S. elections looming, political campaigns have and continue to portray China in an unfavorable light, undermining decades-long efforts to build constructive bilateral relations, which has local and global implications. This virtual workshop hosted by 1990 Institute will feature expert speakers who will discuss some of the important strategic issues shaping U.S.-China relations, including trade, technology, and Taiwan.In today’s interconnected world, this workshop addresses the needs of the many middle and high school educators who are interested in deepening their understanding of U.S.-China relations, untangling political rhetoric from actual policies, and incorporating this knowledge into their teaching. This workshop will help attendees promote critical thinking, understand policy implications, augment current knowledge of U.S.-China relations, and build media literacy.APA Justice is a co-sponsor of this workshop.WHAT: U.S.-China Relations: Untangling Campaign Rhetoric & Understanding Policy – Teachers WorkshopWHEN: June 20, 2024, 7:00 pm ETWHAT: Online WebinarHOST: 1990 InstituteModerator: Ha-Yu Sebastian Cherng, Vice Dean for Research and Equity, Office of Research and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging; Associate Professor of International Education, New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Panelists:

·       Neysun Mahboubi, Director of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations, University of Pennsylvania

·       Susan Thornton, Senior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale University Law School Paul Tsai China Center; Director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security, National Committee on American Foreign Policy; and Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution

REGISTRATION:  https://bit.ly/3x4hnt7  

News and Activities for the Communities

1.  APA Justice Community Calendar

Upcoming Events:2024/06/06 A Dialogue Between Academic/AAPI Communities with The FBI2024/06/20 U.S.-China Relations: Untangling Campaign Rhetoric & Understanding Policy – Teachers Workshop2024/06/20-22 Social Equity Leadership Conference2024/06/27-30 UCA: 2024 Chinese American ConventionVisit https://bit.ly/45KGyga for event details.