I regularly facilitate discussions and consult with multiple audiences in higher education, non-profit, and community organizations. I collaborate with leaders to identify solutions, address the additional knowledge and professional development they need to effectively implement solutions, and respond to challenges. My presentations are substantive rather than performative. Using an anti-oppression framework, I define concepts that go beyond the typical examinations of implicit bias and "microaggressions." I share concrete examples of cases and stories from my research to help create brave spaces for open and honest communication. I have led workshops and programming for organizations such as the American Meteorological Society’s Early Leadership Training Academy, NASA’s Asian American and Pacific Islanders Employee Resource Group, Spokane Community Against Racism (SCAR), The Network of Executive Women (NEW), The Association of Junior Leagues International, and Mitchelville Historic Freedom Park. To assist in these sessions, I have written an online manifold workbook that includes instructor resources, lesson plans, and workshop activities. I have led these sessions both in-person and online.
In 2021, my partner and I teamed up to create J&H Consulting, named for our daughters, Justice and Hope. We combine our talents, research, and expertise on racism, antiracism, diversity, public corruption, sexual violence, and white-collar crimes to assist individuals and organizations in their goals. As an Associate Professor and investigative journalist, my partner conducts research on inequality and elite sex trafficking for national news networks and has consulted on high-profile cases of public corruption and missing children which includes coordinating strategies on public records requests at the state and federal level. This work has been featured on 20/20, MSNBC's AM Joy, The New York Times, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime Television, and an award winning ABC News podcast.
In 2021, my partner and I teamed up to create J&H Consulting, named for our daughters, Justice and Hope. We combine our talents, research, and expertise on racism, antiracism, diversity, public corruption, sexual violence, and white-collar crimes to assist individuals and organizations in their goals. As an Associate Professor and investigative journalist, my partner conducts research on inequality and elite sex trafficking for national news networks and has consulted on high-profile cases of public corruption and missing children which includes coordinating strategies on public records requests at the state and federal level. This work has been featured on 20/20, MSNBC's AM Joy, The New York Times, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime Television, and an award winning ABC News podcast.
Workshops and Lectures
Strategizing Against Liberal White Supremacy. How do liberal European Americans reinforce inequality and what actions can they take to meaningfully advance racial justice? White participants in this interactive workshop will learn key terms, engage in self-reflection, and identify ways to break out of paralysis and disempowerment to be a more effective ally for racial and economic justice. BIPOC participants at Dr. Beeman's workshops find validation in their experiences and gain vocabulary as well as tools to address liberal white supremacy.
This event was co-sponsored by the NAACP Spokane, Asians for Collective Liberation, Spokane Community Against Racism, the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Greater Spokane Progress, and Eastern Washington University.
This event was co-sponsored by the NAACP Spokane, Asians for Collective Liberation, Spokane Community Against Racism, the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Greater Spokane Progress, and Eastern Washington University.
For Eastern Washington University, I gave a talk on my book, Liberal White Supremacy, and participated in a panel with community activists from local organizations that were applying concepts from my book. Given the impact of my visit, I was invited back to lead more workshops with university leaders and community organizers in May 2024.
At this talk for Cooper Union's Intersectional Justice seminar, I discussed key themes in my book and how I conceptualize racism-centered intersectionality.
This Center for Brooklyn History Panel featured my book, Liberal White Supremacy: How Progressives Silence Racial and Class Oppression. I was in conversation with authors Ijeoma Oluo (So You Want to Talk about Race) and Eduardo Porter (American Poison). The session was moderated by journalist Aaron Morrison with 287 auidence participants.
In this fireside chat with the Network of Executive Women, we addressed the dangers of performative allyship, the negative effects of well-intended DEI initiatives for women of color, barriers to promotion for women of color whose work may be unfairly evaluated, and the critical role of genuine allyship, exhibited through private and public acts of sponsorship and direct action. Click on the link for key takeaways from our conversation.
In this professional development lecture and workshop for NASA Headquarters, I led the group in a discussion of the model minority myth, problematic notions of honorary whiteness, the history of anti-Asian racism in the US, and the impacts of these issues. I addressed how racial ideologies impact career trajectories, influence how Asian Americans are viewed at work and how their work is evaluated differently.
Practicing allyship can take many forms, but we don’t always get it right. People with privilege don’t always listen properly to the lived experiences of those around them and can be patronising and miss opportunities to create change. Sometimes the language and actions of those fighting for justice can be perceived as defensive, confrontational, and polarising. This can create more division and turn off potential allies. In this session for the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (the largest meeting of fundraisers in Europe), I joined a panel of experts to address these challenges of anti-racist allyship and how to show up for under-represented groups.
In this faculty development session for Georgia State University, I led a workshop on the basic tenets of critical race theory and different manifestations of racism. I discussed useful concepts and sources to use when moving through discussions on anti-racism as well as methods for countering racial targeting and supporting vulnerable faculty and staff.
In this panel for the American Meteorological Society Early Career Leadership Academy, I joined Dr. Tsedale Melaku (author of You Don't Look Like a Lawyer: Black Women and Systemic Gendered Racism) and Dr. Kartik Sheth (Deputy Program Scientist At NASA Headquarters For The Webb Telescope) to discuss allyship and advocacy.
Black-Asian Solidarity: Historical Divisions and the Crucial Need for Global "Rainbow Warriors": In this professional development session for The Association of Junior Leagues International Women of Color Affinity Group, I addressed how racial ideologies, such as the model minority myth, inform both anti-Asian racism and anti-blackness. I traced the development of these ideologies in connection with whiteness and citizenship and how this history promoted divisions among people of color, specifically people of African and Asian descent. Drawing on the concept of “rainbow warriors” (Elizabeth Martinez, 1998), I discussed the need to build global Asian-Black alliances and how progressive notions of “diversity” and “inclusivity” can impede such alliances.
From Michelville Freedom Park: "2020 has presented several challenges for America. The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted schools, businesses and the lives of millions of citizens. It has changed our interaction with each other and has forced us to connect digitally in order to function. The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbury, Breonna Taylor and others have caused a new introspection on race, racial profiling and the criminal justice system. The economic downshift has closed long standing businesses and has negatively impacted the financial standing of the country. As America and the world look to move forward and adjust, Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park wants to spark conversation on how that happens." This panel addressed voting in 2020, how the Criminal Justice System moves forward given this “racial awakening,” advanced conversation about Race and the impact of the pandemic on the digital /educational divide in America.
In this professional development session for Purdue University, I discussed my work on liberal white supremacy and racism-evasiveness and how this is manifest within academic settings. I addressed the importance of having safe spaces for BIPOC faculty and staff to build community, organize, and develop survival strategies. I also addressed the role of labor unions in combatting racial hostility as a condition of working environments and what faculty, who lack the protections of a union, can do to organize.
What Does it Mean to be a "Good" American? A Talk at The Strand Bookstore in NYC. In a 2017 Pew Research Center survey, Americans were asked: “What does it mean to be a true American?” Some of the top answers given included, speaking English, being Christian, and sharing American customs and traditions. Many of these themes are subtly tied to whiteness. Indeed, historically, American citizenship depended on one’s ability to prove whiteness. A central feature of gaining “whiteness” is silence and erasure. In this talk, I discuss how these themes are reproduced in dominant narratives, especially in the case of Asian Americans. Proceeds benefitted RAICES Bond Fund, providing legal aid to families in detention centers.
At this panel, sponsored by the Baruch Asian Heritage Alumni Network, I joined scholars such as Frank Wu, President of Queens College and author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, to discuss "issues related to historic and recent anti-Asian racism and violence, and how collectively we can strive to change this behavior and mindset in the future."
Antiracism and Active Listening: Issues and Challenges. In this talk for the Global Listening Centre, I addressed how we can promote antiracism by first thinking critically about systemic racism and other manifestations of racism. I offered definitions of antiracism developed by scholars and by students in my courses. I summarized what I saw as the key components of antiracism and offered concrete examples of how to promote antiracism in our workplaces and organizations. An important part of this is to understand how power differentials work to silence marginalized voices, even in spaces that are viewed as “diverse.” I concluded with an analysis of persisting challenges for antiracist work that anyone committed to social justice should evaluate.
Progressives, Radicals & Well-Meaning Liberals. A Talk for NYC-Based Thinkolio. In this talk, I discuss my book, "Liberal White Supremacy: How Progressives Silence Racial and Class Oppression." I analyze case studies that elucidate various components of my conceptual model as well as my own experiences in liberal academic workshops and discussions on racism that continue to perpetuate racism. The divides I note in progressive community organizing are a microcosm of the fault lines being played out in national politics and the Democratic Party. Proceeds benefitted The Women for Political Change, Frontline Fund.
Evolution and Anatomy of Racism. A two-part seminar at Neuehouse in NYC. Why does racism persist more than fifty years after the passage of Civil Rights Legislation? Why do people have different understandings of what racism is? With Charlottesville and other examples of open racial bigotry, can we assume that white nationalism is on the rise? In this two-part series I address these questions as we trace the evolution of racism and how this affects the way racism is defined. Participants will leave this session with a conceptual understanding of racism that will help them promote more productive conversations.
The Exclusive Club of Whiteness: Exploring Racial Hierarchies. A Talk at Chinatown Soup in NYC. People still believe that Asian Americans are naturally better at math or that African Americans are naturally better dancers, yet they have learned not to voice these opinions in overtly racist ways. Research shows that even white supremacists do not want to be labeled racist! Under these conditions, how can we even begin to address racism explicitly and honestly? To understand the complexities of these issues, we must first know how and why "race" was created. In this talk, I trace the step by step process through which "race" was invented, how whiteness was politically constructed, and which groups were allowed into the exclusive club of whiteness. This history is important to address if we are to understand why racial hierarchies persists today.
