About Us

Who we are

With racism and anti-Asian violence on the rise all around us, this is an urgent moment to proactively reach out and support SBU’s diverse Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students. The AAPI Mentorship Network @ SBU was started by a group of faculty whose goal was to uplift the diversity of our academic community, and to help AAPI students thrive at SBU and feel a genuine sense of belonging on Long Island and surrounding areas.  By building a robust support network and a community, we aim to help AAPI students reach their educational and life goals.  

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AAPI Mentorship Network @SBU Organizing Committee

  • Monique Atherton (Advancement)
  • Presley Chan (Student Member)
  • Janet H. Clarke (University Libraries)
  • Muskan Gupta (Computer Science)
  • Julie Huang (College of Business)
  • Susie Hwang (Psychology)
  • Alena Huynh (Student Member)
  • Trista Y. Lu (Office of Global Affairs)
  • Javeria Mubarik (Student Intern)
  • Eva Nagase (Asian and Asian American Studies)
  • Thien Nguyen August (Office of Undergraduate Admissions)
  • Kaitlyn Seitz (Academic and Transfer Advising Services)
  • Shyam Sharma (Program in Writing and Rhetoric)

History

The AAPI Mentorship Network @SBU was established to connect Stony Brook University’s Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander students to faculty and staff mentors. Mentors are committed to helping this student body excel in a variety of areas, including academic skills, confidence and leadership skills, work/study-life balance, social and racial justice, service and community work, teamwork and people skills, career planning and networking, and research and scholarship skills. Student mentees can benefit from the unique expertise of the mentor they’re working with especially if they take the initiative. This website provides some guidelines and expectations for student mentees and mentors. 

This Mentorship Network is about seeing each AAPI student as more than a generic student; it’s about supporting AAPI students who come from different backgrounds, have diverse challenges and talents and aspirations, and to help them grow and succeed as well-rounded persons. 

Partners

Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association

SB Origami Club

Student Affairs

Career Center