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Oral History: Vincent Wang
Vincent Wang is a Chinese-American professor and researcher who joined Virginia Tech in 2015 when he was offered a tenured faculty position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM) in the College of Engineering. He was born…
Oral History: Balbir Singh
Dr. Balbir Singh is a Sikh Punjabi and Bengali Indian born and raised in Brooklyn New York, where she also attended SUNY at Buffalo for her undergraduate studies. Throughout her undergraduate career, she focused heavily on anti-colonial comparative…
Oral History: Jaclyn Marmol
Jaclyn Marmol is a Filipino-American Virginia Tech alumna who was born in Fairfax, VA and grew up in Falls Church, VA. She attended Virginia Tech as an undergraduate from 2014 to 2020, with breaks and internships in between. Before graduating in…
Oral History: Dhaval Shah
Dhaval Shah is a Hindu Indian-American Virginia Tech alumnus from West Virginia who attended the university in 2000–2005. He earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting and information systems with a minor in computer science. During his time at…
Oral History: Manjot Kaur
Manjot Kaur was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Woodbridge, Virginia. Her parents immigrated from India in the eighties, and moved to Virginia to be with Kaur’s grandparents. Growing up, Kaur wanted to work in the finance sector after…
Oral History: Parth Thakkar
Parth Thakkar is a second-year graduate student in the Higher Education master’s program at Virginia Tech. He also works as a graduate assistant with the New Student and Family Programs (NSFP) organization. Thakkar arrived at Tech in the fall of…
Oral History: Bikrum Singh Gill
Bikrum Singh Gill is a Sikh, Punjabi professor at Virginia Tech who specializes in international relations. He teaches under the Department of Political Science, where he also searches on postcolonial theory, global governance, international…
Oral History: Dr. Suchitra Samanta
Dr. Samanta talks about her experience as a South Asian in America, as well as her experiences with students, faculty, and her many contributions to Virginia Tech and the New River Valley.
Oral History: Quynh Nguyen
Quynh Nguyen talks about their experience at Virginia Tech and how their queer and Asian American identities are directly related.