Understanding the Model Minority Experience
I never really knew what the model minority myth exactly was. When I had heard about it from a friend, I thought the model minority myth...
Asian American Representation in Media
In an online semester, it is easy to feel alone and isolated especially when studying in your room late at night. After two months of...
Debunking the Model Minority Myth
Being a role model isn’t always the most glamorous thing in life. Whether it be as an older brother or sister, a club leader, or an...
What I learned from Yuri Kochiyama
Imagine Yuri Kochiyama, a person who lived through Japanese internment during World War II. A person who then devoted the rest of her...

Understanding Affirmative Action from APIDA Perspective by Jeremy Gu
Before coming to IAC, I hadn’t known much about affirmative action except for the fact that as a policy that seemed to help minority...

Dumplings by Daniel Park
Preface: From what I can remember, I started to fall in love with writing when I was in 7th grade. I spent my elementary school days...

Beyond “Us” and “Them”: A book review of <Pachinko>
by Elizabeth Im Each of us have a unique narrative, but none are independent. Whether it be our parents, our culture, our friends, or the...
Can Black Lives Matter Teach Kpop to be Better?
By Joyce Wang Disclaimers: 1. I do not hate any Kpop groups that I bring up or mention in this piece. In fact I don’t dislike any group...
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - GLASSE / Evelyn Yeh
by Sam Chun Evelyn Yeh (they/she) is a graphic designer, DJ, and producer from Southern California. They graduated from Johns Hopkins...
Welcome to IAC!
The Inter-Asian Council (IAC) at Johns Hopkins University is a student-led organization founded in 1992 by the Dean of Student Life to...





