Kimberly McKee
Election
Position
Name
Kimberly McKee
Candidate statement
Professor and Director of the School of Interdisciplinary
Bio: I respectfully submit my name for consideration as the next president-elect of AAAS. My name is Kimberly McKee. I am a professor and director of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University. I am the author of two monographs rooted at the nexus of Asian American Studies, Critical Adoption Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, among other publications. I am a beneficiary of the organization’s long history in supporting and mentoring graduate students and pre-tenure faculty. And, I will bring my work on mentoring and supporting underrepresented and contingent faculty to the organization. My previous work as co-chair of the Asian American Feminisms Section and involvement in the Critical Adoption Studies section also inform my decision to run for this role. I see AAAS as a vital leader in discussions of anti-Asian violence, immigration, citizenship, militarism, neocolonialism, environmental justice, to name just a handful of key issues. Additionally, I would work closely with the board and members to further our important work supporting activists and community organizations preserving the voices of Asian Americans outside of the academy. I also will use this role to consider how we can effectively support precarious faculty, drawing from my experience working with non-tenure-line faculty at my own institution. Finally, I look forward to applying my extensive conference planning and board experience to AAAS, while bringing my experience teaching Asian American Studies in the Midwest to this position.
Bio: I respectfully submit my name for consideration as the next president-elect of AAAS. My name is Kimberly McKee. I am a professor and director of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University. I am the author of two monographs rooted at the nexus of Asian American Studies, Critical Adoption Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, among other publications. I am a beneficiary of the organization’s long history in supporting and mentoring graduate students and pre-tenure faculty. And, I will bring my work on mentoring and supporting underrepresented and contingent faculty to the organization. My previous work as co-chair of the Asian American Feminisms Section and involvement in the Critical Adoption Studies section also inform my decision to run for this role. I see AAAS as a vital leader in discussions of anti-Asian violence, immigration, citizenship, militarism, neocolonialism, environmental justice, to name just a handful of key issues. Additionally, I would work closely with the board and members to further our important work supporting activists and community organizations preserving the voices of Asian Americans outside of the academy. I also will use this role to consider how we can effectively support precarious faculty, drawing from my experience working with non-tenure-line faculty at my own institution. Finally, I look forward to applying my extensive conference planning and board experience to AAAS, while bringing my experience teaching Asian American Studies in the Midwest to this position.