Interview with Ruijie Liu
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Interviewers
Andrew Conrad, Emmy Kamp
Description
Interview with Ruijie Liu recorded on March 27, 2023 at Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Liu is interviewed by Forest Hills Northern High School students Andrew Conrad and Emmy Kamp as a part of WMU’s Telling Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrating AAPI Heritage. During the interview Mr. Liu discusses the following topics:
- Immigrating from China to the U.S. for graduate school;
- Difficulties learning to speak English with natives;
- Feeling academically, professionally, and personally successful in the U.S.;
- Staying in the U.S. for a better educational environment for his kids;
- Difficulties being separated from and visiting family;
- Differences between American and Chinese culture;
- Celebrating both American and Chinese holidays;
- His perspective on the American Dream;
- His personal experience of obtaining a green card;
- Choosing a country to live in depending on one’s goals;
- How his views about the U.S., and people in general, have changed over time;
- Working in biomedical research at Grand Valley State University;
- Bonding with international students that he teaches;
- Moving to and loving Grand Rapids;
- Advice to international students in the U.S.;
- Differences in American and Chinese education systems;
- Wishing his hometown could stay as it was when he was a child;
- His upbringing and how he is raising his kids; and
- Advice to immigrants coming to the U.S.
Date of Interview
3-27-2023
Location of Interview
Grand Rapids, MI
Series
Telling Our Stories
Keywords
Asian American and Pacific Islander, Immigration, Immigrants, China, Michigan
Disciplines
Asian American Studies | Asian History | Language and Literacy Education | Oral History | Secondary Education
Language
ENG
Document Type
Interview
Recommended Citation
Liu, Ruijie, "Interview with Ruijie Liu" (2023). Telling Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrating AAPI Heritage. 9.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/our-stories-aapi/9
Length of video
0:30:53
Length of video log
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