School Victimization and Hate Crime Exposure Among Asian Students: An Evidence Base to Reduce Well-Being Inequality

Asian students in the United States are at high risk for discrimination by their peers, such as social exclusion and verbal harassment. This has serious implications for Asian students’ well-being since victimization predicts worse mental health outcomes. Empirical studies on school victimization and hate crimes for Asian students and the relationship of such exposure to well-being are scarce, and research is often constrained by small sample sizes that cannot be disaggregated to understand the victimization experiences of Asian ethnic subgroups. With this award, Shi will use large-scale administrative data to examine the extent and consequences of school victimization and hate crimes exposure among Asian students. With mentorship from Jennifer Lee, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, and Michiko Ueda, Associate Professor in Public Administration and International Affairs at Syracuse University, Shi will expand her expertise in the study of Asian Americans, the social detriments of health, and applying machine learning approaches to administrative data.