2008 EVENT

Thursday
March 6
7 PM
UWMC Theatre

Contemporary Immigration Patterns
by the Hmong

How have recent Hmong arrivals acquired language
skills? How have language programs helped Hmong
immigrants with parenting skills? And how have ESL
programs acculturated Hmong families helping build,
community, and assisting with the challenges of assimilation and integration?

Chia Youyee Vang, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and specialist in Hmong immigration, will speak on contemporary immigration patterns by the Hmong at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County theatre. This talk is part of the Journeys to American Identities series, and is open to the public.

Vang has published widely on the topics of Hmong family issues and refugee literacy development. Her lecture will explore the forces behind Hmong immigration to northcentral Wisconsin and the experiences of the immigrants as they seek to adapt to a radically new culture. A former refugee from Laos, Vang was an undergraduate in political science/ international relations and French at Gustavus Adolphus College. She holds a Master of Arts in social policy and U.S. foreign policy from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Minnesota.