FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Jill Murphy and senior officials from the FBI's Houston field office will engage with members of the academic community and the Asian American community at a June 6 event hosted by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
In 2022, the Department of Justice terminated the China Initiative, a strategy to counter Chinese espionage and threats to U.S. research security, after academic and civil rights groups raised concerns about bias and damage to the U.S. scientific enterprise. However, there have been several recent media reports of issues regarding the entry of Chinese graduate students and academic researchers who are green card holders or U.S. citizens.
The panel event will explore the gap between national science and technology policy and its implementation, as well as the possibility of establishing regular channels of communication between academia, Asian American communities, and FBI field offices.
What: Baker Institute event – conversations between academia, the Asian American community and the FBI.
Participants included: Texas Multicultural Advocacy Coalition Vice President Sergio Lira, Rice University Vice President for Innovation Paul Cherukuri, FBI Houston Field Office Supervisory Special Agent Kelly Choi, ACLU Texas Field Office Senior Attorney David Donatti, Baker Institute Senior Fellow for Science and Technology Policy Neil Lane, FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Jill Murphy, Asian American Scholars Forum Executive Director Gisela Pérez Kusakawa, FBI Houston Field Office Lead Special Agent Georgette Pickering, FBI Houston Field Office Lead Special Agent Gordon Quan, Co-President and Co-Founder of Quan Law Firm and Former Houston City Council Member Gordon Quan, and FBI Houston Field Office Lead Special Agent Douglas Williams.
Date and Time: Thursday, June 6th, 4-6pm
Where: Register for the livestream here.
The event is supported by Rice University Research Labs and co-hosted by the Baker Institute Science and Technology Program, Rice University Office of Innovation, the APA Justice Task Force, and the Texas Multicultural Advocacy Coalition.
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