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Giving Voice to Hmong American Experiences: Research and Rhetoric

May 7, 2005

University of California, Los Angeles

Kerckhoff Grand Salon -- 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

9:30-10:00              Registration

10:00-10:20            Welcome, AHS Introduction, and Overview of the Day

                        10:20-10:40            UCLA faculty speaker:  Professor Min Zhou, Asian American Studies Center and Dept. of Sociology

10:40-11:20            The Contribution of Native Researchers in Social Sciences: Experiences of a Hmong Ethnologist
                                Kao-Ly Yang, Ph.D., Institute for Research of Southeast Asia, France       

                        11:20-11:40            Confronting Categories in Research:  Get Your Theoretical Framework Out of Our   Lives!
                                Leena Her, doctoral student, School of Education, Stanford University

11:40-1:00              Lunch (on own)

1:00-1:05                Welcome Back

1:05-1:25                Homeland: Hmong Americans Journey to China
                                Seng A. Vang, doctoral student, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego

1:25-1:45                Understanding Suicide from a Hmong Teenager's Perspective
                                Bao Lo, doctoral student, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley         

1:45-1:55               Hmong Students in Southern California: A Look at their Success in Higher Education
                                Sarah Marie Peralta Mamaril, McNair Scholar, Sociology and Asian American Studies, UC Los Angeles

1:55-2:15                Presentation of Student initiated Course Syllabus and Reader      

2:15-2:45                Dialogue Session

                               Audience will be split into two groups to discuss topics brought up by keynote and speakers
                               facilitated by UCLA faculty. Possible ideas for “What’s the next step?” will also be explored and discussed.

2:45-3:00                Concluding Remarks: Meg Malpaya Thornton, UCLA Asian American Studies Center and
                                Barbara Gaerlan, Assistant Director of UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
                               
                                Evaluation

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Organized by the UCLA Association of Hmong Students (AHS), with sponsorship from the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.  AHS can be reached at hmong AT ucla.edu.