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Asian Americans Hold Mixed Views Around Affirmative Action

Acknowledgments

Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. The Center’s Asian American portfolio was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with generous support from The Asian American Foundation; Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the Henry Luce Foundation; the Doris Duke Foundation; The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation; The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation; The Long Family Foundation; Lu-Hebert Fund; Gee Family Foundation; Joseph Cotchett; the Julian Abdey and Sabrina Moyle Charitable Fund; and Nanci Nishimura.

We would also like to thank the Leaders Forum for its thought leadership and valuable assistance in helping make this survey possible.

The strategic communications campaign used to promote the research was made possible with generous support from the Doris Duke Foundation.

This report was written by Neil G. Ruiz, head of new research initiatives and associate director of race and ethnicity research; Ziyao Tian, research associate; and Jens Manuel Krogstad, senior writer and editor.

Many individuals contributed to the design, data collection and methodology of the 2022-2023 survey of Asian American adults. The survey and the reports from it would not be possible without Senior Methodologist Ashley Amaya, who designed the survey’s methodology, managed the long fielding period with Westat, and helped with the questionnaire development. The entire survey project was expertly managed by Research Associate Luis Noe-Bustamante. Noe-Bustamante also managed a team that carried out the survey’s data processing and included temporary Research Associate Abby Budiman, Research Assistant Carolyne Im, Research Methodologist Arnold Lau and Research Assistant Lauren Mora.

Ruiz and former Research Associate Sunny Shao led the development of the survey questionnaire with help from Amaya, Research Associate Khadijah Edwards, Research Assistant Mohamad Moslimani, Mora and Noe-Bustamante. Senior Demographer Jeffrey Passel provided advice on the demographic analysis. Pew Research Center is also grateful to Westat’s Mike Brick, Ismael Flores Cervantes, Eric Jodts and Hanna Popick for their many contributions to this project.

Director of Race and Ethnicity Research Mark Hugo Lopez provided editorial guidance over the project, including the survey questionnaire, this report and related products. Jocelyn Kiley, associate director of research, also provided guidance on the report. The report was number-checked by Moslimani and Im. Senior Copy Editor David Kent copy edited the report. The report was produced by Digital Producer Shannon Greenwood.

The communications and outreach strategy for the report was led by Communications Manager Hannah Klein, with help from Communications Managers Tanya Arditi and Nida Asheer, and Communications Associates Mimi Cottingham, Julia O’Hanlon and Talia Price. The charts and illustrations were designed by Senior Information Graphics Designer Bill Webster.

Pew Research Center is grateful to a panel of expert advisers who provided advice at all stages of this survey and report’s development: Janelle Wong, Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Maryland; Yến Lê Espiritu, Distinguished Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of California, San Diego; Devesh Kapur, Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Anthony Christian Ocampo, Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside; and Yang Sao Xiong, Assistant Professor at College of Social Sciences at California State University, Fresno.

Find related reports online at www.pewresearch.org/AsianAmericans

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