Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. Subscribe The news in March that six women of Asian descent were 4:32 How Academics Are Taking On Anti-Asian Hate It hit UCLA doctoral student Eunhee Park especially hard. She was born and raised in South Korea, like several of the women killed in Atlanta. “I think that was really like a triggering point for everyone to come out” and speak out about the violence, Park said. She underlined that “everyone” includes her circle of academics who conduct research about Asian and Asian American communities. Support for LAist comes from Park studies reproductive health, immigrant health, and prevention of violence against women.