Westminster College: Why Am I Often Only Asian on This Trail? Westminster Professor Builds Community Through Mountain Stories
June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 11 -- Westminster College issued the following news:
During day hikes in the Wasatch Mountains, Westminster professor Xiumei Pu often looks for other Asian faces on the trail. But her search is almost always in vain, even though the Asian population in the Salt Lake valley is over 53,000 according to 2019 census estimates.
Pu, an assistant professor of environmental studies, knows many of Utah's Asian-refugee and immigrant communities mo . . .
During day hikes in the Wasatch Mountains, Westminster professor Xiumei Pu often looks for other Asian faces on the trail. But her search is almost always in vain, even though the Asian population in the Salt Lake valley is over 53,000 according to 2019 census estimates.
Pu, an assistant professor of environmental studies, knows many of Utah's Asian-refugee and immigrant communities mo . . .