Event
Wednesday Night with ASAM Alumni: Bonnie Tsang, CAS'11, Rohan Grover, Wha'11 and Justin Ching, CAS'11
Moderator: Jennifer Kang
Bonny Tsang is the Deputy Chief of Staff to the New York City Deputy Mayor for Operations. Most recently, she was a Senior Consultant in Deloitte’s Government & Public Service practice, serving federal, state, and local government clients. She previously served the City of New York, at the New York City Department of Transportation and the New York City Campaign Finance Board. While earning her degree at the University of Pennsylvania, Bonny was an APALI Co-Facilitator, Chair of the ASAM UAB, and Vice Chair of Political Affairs of APSC. She has an M.P.P. from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and a B.A from the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in Political Science and Minored in Asian American Studies.
Rohan Grover is a PhD student at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, where his research focuses on internet policy, political communication, and digital activism. Prior to academia, he worked in product, tech, and digital strategy at news media and advocacy organizations such as HuffPost, MoveOn, Planned Parenthood, and Upworthy. He holds an MA in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University and a BS in Economics with a minor in Asian American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he was APSC Chair, Associate Director of ECAASU, and co-chair of T-Change.
Justin R. Ching is a Forbes 30 Under 30 award-winning writer-director. He is currently penning a script inspired by the Facebook group SUBTLE ASIAN TRAITS. Most recently, he directed the featurette for the Oscar-nominated film THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES. Previously, he worked on Netflix’s crime series HEIST and developed feature films for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. Prior to this, he was a Showrunner at FOX. He began his career at Disney before moving to YouTube, where he helped develop channels for VICE, Buzzfeed, and Jay-Z's Life + Times.
This Spring 2022 semester commemorates 25 years of Asian American Studies at Penn. Join us every Wednesday evening to learn about our history through the personal experiences of our ASAM alums in our new speaker series, Wednesday Nights with ASAM Alumni. Covering a different period each week, we will kick off the chronological series in January 2022 with a close-up look back at Penn and Asian American life in 1996. The series will culminate in May 2022 with a look ahead at 2023. These informal conversations among ASAM friends will be led by the ASAM UAB and will not only be informative but will offer lively memories and shared experiences of undergraduate and graduate life firsthand. A new part of history and new alums each week!
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm EST