Hess Week 2026 Welcome Ceremomy

The Brooklyn College community welcomes 2025-26 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Russell M. Jeung to campus.

Presenters include:

• Carolyn Chen, Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley; Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative
• Jerry Park, Associate Professor of Sociology at Baylor University; President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion
• Dr. David Kim, scholar, public intellectual, educator, and Founder and Principal of Being Human
• Russell M. Jeung, Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University; co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate; and Robert L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence 2026