{"id":20789,"date":"2014-08-16T04:08:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-08-16T04:08:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T04:08:15","slug":"karthick-ramakrishnan-joins-california-asianpacific-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=20789","title":{"rendered":"Karthick Ramakrishnan Joins California Asian\/Pacific Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy and political science at the University of California at Riverside, has been appointed by California Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins, D-San Diego, to a four-year term on the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-member commission works to spotlight the political, economic, and social issues of Asians and Pacific Islanders by strengthening how state government addresses their needs.<\/p>\n<p>A former research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, the Indian American data analyst directs the Immigration Research Group at U.C.-Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest-growing groups in California, and I am thrilled to join the commission to be able to offer my research expertise and advice on how to address the diverse needs of this population,&#8221; Ramakrishnan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that one-third of the Asian American population in the U.S. lives in California. \u201cAsian Americans are, by far, the most heavily immigrant racial group in the United States,&#8221; he said, adding that language access, naturalization, and barriers to voter registration are key factors to increase civic engagement for this population.<\/p>\n<p>Ramakrishnan is a member of the University of California Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Multi-campus Research Program, and directs the National Asian American Survey and AAPIdata.com, a Web resource seeking to make data and reports more accessible to journalists and policy makers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiawest.com\">www.indiawest.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy and political science at the University of California at Riverside, has been 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