Asian American Experiences Matter: Centering Asian American Leadership Experiences in Teacher Education

By Nicholas D. Hartlep and Rachel Endo

In honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, Asian American leaders in educator preparation programs (EPPS) Rachel Endo and Nicholas D. Hartlep, share their collective experiences that caused their interest in collaborating on researching and writing a critical inquiry paper that explores the experiences of current and former Asian American leaders in EPPs in the United States. Endo is dean of the School of Education at the University of Washington, Tacoma and Hartlep is chair of the Education Studies Department at Berea College.

Our paper seeks to answer the following questions:

• What are the intersecting social identity markers within the current pool of Asian American leaders?
• How do Asian/American EPP leaders describe their trajectory into leadership positions?