HMONG STUDIES NEWSLETTER, SPRING 2019
ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: The Hmong Studies Newsletter has since 2001 provided a very consistent source of up-to-date information about new works in Hmong Studies and Hmong-related research resources. To access back issues of this online publication dating back to 2001 visit: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-newsletter.html
Hmong Studies Newsletter Editor: Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
ABOUT THE HMONG STUDIES INTERNET RESOURCE CENTER:
The Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center (www.hmongstudies.org) is the online home of the Hmong Studies Journal academic journal. This unique scholarly site also contains extensive bibliographies in Hmong Studies as well as census data and an online research paper library.
Most of the Hmong Studies articles, books and dissertations listed in this newsletter and on the website may be found at the Hmong Resource Center Library (www.hmonglibrary.org) at the Hmong Cultural Center in Saint Paul, the largest depository of Hmong Studies academic journal articles and graduate theses and dissertations in the United States. Hmong Cultural Center also includes a comprehensive museum exhibit center that teaches visitors about Hmong culture and history and folk arts.
ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: The Hmong Studies Newsletter has since 2001 provided a very consistent source of up-to-date information about new works in Hmong Studies and Hmong-related research resources. To access back issues of this online publication dating back to 2001 visit: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-newsletter.html
Hmong Studies Newsletter Editor: Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
ABOUT THE HMONG STUDIES INTERNET RESOURCE CENTER:
The Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center (www.hmongstudies.org) is the online home of the Hmong Studies Journal academic journal. This unique scholarly site also contains extensive bibliographies in Hmong Studies as well as census data and an online research paper library.
Most of the Hmong Studies articles, books and dissertations listed in this newsletter and on the website may be found at the Hmong Resource Center Library (www.hmonglibrary.org) at the Hmong Cultural Center in Saint Paul, the largest depository of Hmong Studies academic journal articles and graduate theses and dissertations in the United States. Hmong Cultural Center also includes a comprehensive museum exhibit center that teaches visitors about Hmong culture and history and folk arts.
RECENT WORKS IN HMONG STUDIES:
Books/Theses/Reports
Chia Youyee Vang. (2019). Fly Until You Die: An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War. London: Oxford University Press. This work provides oral histories from Hmong pilots who beginning in 1964 were trained by the CIA as part of a covert project, "Water Pump," operated out of Udorn Airbase in Thailand to fight the Communists as part of the Vietnam War in Laos.
Kevin Bengston. (2018). Facilitators and Barriers to Employment among Hmong American Young Adult Men with Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study. PhD Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand the facilitators, barriers, stigma, and intergenerational trauma experienced by Hmong adult men ages 18 to 35 years old with mental health issues residing in Wisconsin when attempting to obtain and retain employment.
Shur Lee. (2018). Exploring the Experiences of Hmong Students in Graduate Programs at Fresno State. PhD Dissertation, California State University, Fresno. This graduate study assesses the barriers, challenges, and motivations of current graduate Hmong students at Fresno State University.
Thianchayphet Phannaphob. (2018). The Educational Experiences and Cultural Identity of Second Generation Lao and Hmong American Men in California's Central Valley. PhD Dissertation, California State University, Fresno. This qualitative study examined the educational experiences and cultural identity of nearly thirty second-generation Lao and Hmong American men in the Central Valley.
Jordan St. Charles. (2018). Hmong American Children’s Perceptions of Parents’ Influence on Their Education. MA Thesis, University of Minnesota. Using a sample of Hmong American elementary students from Hmong-focused charter schools, the researcher of this graduate study investigated how parent involvement behaviors
related to these students’ perceived academic abilities in reading and math. Also investigated were whether the students’ English proficiency moderated these relationships.
Mai See Thao. (2018). Bittersweet Migrations: Type II Diabetes and Healing in the Hmong Diaspora. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. Examining disease as socially and physically produced, the researcher investigated multiple meanings behind return migrations to Laos and Thailand for Hmong Americans with type II diabetes and who are 50 years and older.
Sher Thao. (2018). Early Childhood Special Education: Hmong Parents' Perceptions and Experiences with Early Childhood Special Education. MA Thesis, Mills College. The purpose of this graduate study was to better understand the perceptions and experiences of Hmong parents in Early Childhood Special Education.
Pao Vue. (2018). Hmong Livelihood Strategies: Factors Affecting Hunting, Agriculture, and Non-timber Forest
Product Collection in Central Laos. PhD Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison. This graduate study investigates how government laws and policies designed to decrease swidden agriculture, the capitalistic market economy, and technological advancements are affecting how the Hmong in central Laos spatially navigate and use the surrounding lands to sustain and/or enhance their livelihoods.
Thai Xiong. (2018). The Impact of Technology Innovations in High School Biology Courses on Science Learning for Hmong Students. PhD Dissertation, Walden University. This graduate research study was
designed to explore how technology innovations in high school biology courses may be used to impact
science learning for Hmong students.
Xong Xiong. (2018). Hmoobness: Hmoob (Hmong) Youth and Their Perceptions of Hmoob Language in a Small Town in the Midwest. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. This phenomenological study draws upon Indigenous methodologies and adaptation of grounded theory to investigate the perceptions of Hmong youth of the Hmong language, the relationship Hmong youth have to the Hmong language, and what they perceive to be barriers to Hmong language acquisition.
Maiteng Lor. (2017). Does Acculturation and Stigma Affect Hmong Women’s Attitudes Toward and Willingness to Seek Counseling Services? PhD Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology and Alliant International University, Sacramento. This graduate study investigates the relationship between
acculturation and the expression of attitudes toward professional psychological help and willingness to see a counselor.
Academic Journal Articles/Other
Deborah Helsel. (2018). "Paper Spirits and Flower Sacrifices: Hmong Shamans in the 21st Century." Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 1-5. The purpose of this research was to explore the continued utilization of Hmong shamans among Hmong Americans 40 years after the first Hmong immigrants arrived in the United States.
Vincent K. Her (2018) "Reframing Hmong Religion." Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 23-41. In this essay, the author provides an assessment of the etic concepts of animism and shamanism to see how they have shaped public perception of Hmong religion. He also examines their continued utility for understanding Hmong traditional religion.
Youhung Her-Xiong & Tracy Schroepfer (2018). Walking in Two Worlds: Hmong End of Life Beliefs & Rituals, Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2018.1522288. This study
involved interviews with animist and Christian Hmong elders born in Southeast Asia, who now reside in the United States about end of life beliefs and rituals.
Gary Yia Lee, et al. (2018). "Hmong American and Diaspora Studies: A Forum." Amerasia Journal, 44(2): 143-156. This article provides the opinions of a group of scholars/educators on the state of Hmong American and Hmong diaspora studies.
Bao Lo (2018) "Criminalization and Second-Generation Hmong American Boys." Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 113-126. This paper explores the criminalization of second-generation Hmong American boys and compares the experiences of Hmong youth with criminalization to other communities of color.
Bic Ngo, Erin Dyke, and Jana LoBello. (2018). "Connecting as `Family' in Educative Relationships: Insights From a Media Program Serving Hmong Immigrant Youth." Urban Education 2018, Vol. 53(9) 1126–1153. This article explicates an ethnographic study of a media program serving Hmong immigrant youth with the goal of illuminating perspectives and practices of teaching and learning that draw on Hmong culture’s emphasis on family and collectivism.
Mosunmoluwa Oyenuga. (2018). "Cancer patterns in Hmong in Minnesota, 2000 to 2012." Cancer Sept. 1, 124(17):3560-3566. The goal of this study was to estimate the cancer incidence among Hmong individuals in Minnesota between 2000 and 2012 to determine targets for screening and interventions. Compared with all Minnesotans, the Hmong had elevated PIRs and AARs for malignancies related to infections, including nasopharyngeal, stomach, liver, and cervical cancers.
Chia Youyee Vang. (2018.) "Thinking Refugee: The Politics of Hmong Place-Making in Argentina and French Guiana." Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 1-21. The author of this essay critiques the ways in which refugee resettlement programs and practices serve to regulate refugee lives. In her analysis, the author provides case studies of Hmong resettlement experiences in Argentina and French Guiana.
Nengher N. Vang. (2018). "Unlawful or Not? Reassessing the Value and Impact of Hmong American Transnational Politics." Amerasia Journal 44(2): 43-64. This article assesses the history, goals and impact of Hmong American transnational politics.
Yang Sao Xiong (2018) The Dynamics of Discursive Opportunities in the Hmong Campaign for Inclusion in California, Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 65-87. The author of this article investigates the factors that allowed Hmong Americans in California’s Central Valley able to successfully mobilize public support for and successfully lobby the California State Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 78, which involves the inclusion of Hmong and Southeast Asian American history in the California school curriculum.
Joo Ok Kim. (2016). "Declining Misery: Rural Florida’s Hmong and Korean Farmers." South: a Scholarly Journal,49(1): 25-37. This article explores the interplay of empire, geographical relocation, and racialization through interviews with Hmong and Korean farmers in rural Florida.
Books/Theses/Reports
Chia Youyee Vang. (2019). Fly Until You Die: An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War. London: Oxford University Press. This work provides oral histories from Hmong pilots who beginning in 1964 were trained by the CIA as part of a covert project, "Water Pump," operated out of Udorn Airbase in Thailand to fight the Communists as part of the Vietnam War in Laos.
Kevin Bengston. (2018). Facilitators and Barriers to Employment among Hmong American Young Adult Men with Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study. PhD Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand the facilitators, barriers, stigma, and intergenerational trauma experienced by Hmong adult men ages 18 to 35 years old with mental health issues residing in Wisconsin when attempting to obtain and retain employment.
Shur Lee. (2018). Exploring the Experiences of Hmong Students in Graduate Programs at Fresno State. PhD Dissertation, California State University, Fresno. This graduate study assesses the barriers, challenges, and motivations of current graduate Hmong students at Fresno State University.
Thianchayphet Phannaphob. (2018). The Educational Experiences and Cultural Identity of Second Generation Lao and Hmong American Men in California's Central Valley. PhD Dissertation, California State University, Fresno. This qualitative study examined the educational experiences and cultural identity of nearly thirty second-generation Lao and Hmong American men in the Central Valley.
Jordan St. Charles. (2018). Hmong American Children’s Perceptions of Parents’ Influence on Their Education. MA Thesis, University of Minnesota. Using a sample of Hmong American elementary students from Hmong-focused charter schools, the researcher of this graduate study investigated how parent involvement behaviors
related to these students’ perceived academic abilities in reading and math. Also investigated were whether the students’ English proficiency moderated these relationships.
Mai See Thao. (2018). Bittersweet Migrations: Type II Diabetes and Healing in the Hmong Diaspora. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. Examining disease as socially and physically produced, the researcher investigated multiple meanings behind return migrations to Laos and Thailand for Hmong Americans with type II diabetes and who are 50 years and older.
Sher Thao. (2018). Early Childhood Special Education: Hmong Parents' Perceptions and Experiences with Early Childhood Special Education. MA Thesis, Mills College. The purpose of this graduate study was to better understand the perceptions and experiences of Hmong parents in Early Childhood Special Education.
Pao Vue. (2018). Hmong Livelihood Strategies: Factors Affecting Hunting, Agriculture, and Non-timber Forest
Product Collection in Central Laos. PhD Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison. This graduate study investigates how government laws and policies designed to decrease swidden agriculture, the capitalistic market economy, and technological advancements are affecting how the Hmong in central Laos spatially navigate and use the surrounding lands to sustain and/or enhance their livelihoods.
Thai Xiong. (2018). The Impact of Technology Innovations in High School Biology Courses on Science Learning for Hmong Students. PhD Dissertation, Walden University. This graduate research study was
designed to explore how technology innovations in high school biology courses may be used to impact
science learning for Hmong students.
Xong Xiong. (2018). Hmoobness: Hmoob (Hmong) Youth and Their Perceptions of Hmoob Language in a Small Town in the Midwest. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. This phenomenological study draws upon Indigenous methodologies and adaptation of grounded theory to investigate the perceptions of Hmong youth of the Hmong language, the relationship Hmong youth have to the Hmong language, and what they perceive to be barriers to Hmong language acquisition.
Maiteng Lor. (2017). Does Acculturation and Stigma Affect Hmong Women’s Attitudes Toward and Willingness to Seek Counseling Services? PhD Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology and Alliant International University, Sacramento. This graduate study investigates the relationship between
acculturation and the expression of attitudes toward professional psychological help and willingness to see a counselor.
Academic Journal Articles/Other
Deborah Helsel. (2018). "Paper Spirits and Flower Sacrifices: Hmong Shamans in the 21st Century." Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 1-5. The purpose of this research was to explore the continued utilization of Hmong shamans among Hmong Americans 40 years after the first Hmong immigrants arrived in the United States.
Vincent K. Her (2018) "Reframing Hmong Religion." Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 23-41. In this essay, the author provides an assessment of the etic concepts of animism and shamanism to see how they have shaped public perception of Hmong religion. He also examines their continued utility for understanding Hmong traditional religion.
Youhung Her-Xiong & Tracy Schroepfer (2018). Walking in Two Worlds: Hmong End of Life Beliefs & Rituals, Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2018.1522288. This study
involved interviews with animist and Christian Hmong elders born in Southeast Asia, who now reside in the United States about end of life beliefs and rituals.
Gary Yia Lee, et al. (2018). "Hmong American and Diaspora Studies: A Forum." Amerasia Journal, 44(2): 143-156. This article provides the opinions of a group of scholars/educators on the state of Hmong American and Hmong diaspora studies.
Bao Lo (2018) "Criminalization and Second-Generation Hmong American Boys." Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 113-126. This paper explores the criminalization of second-generation Hmong American boys and compares the experiences of Hmong youth with criminalization to other communities of color.
Bic Ngo, Erin Dyke, and Jana LoBello. (2018). "Connecting as `Family' in Educative Relationships: Insights From a Media Program Serving Hmong Immigrant Youth." Urban Education 2018, Vol. 53(9) 1126–1153. This article explicates an ethnographic study of a media program serving Hmong immigrant youth with the goal of illuminating perspectives and practices of teaching and learning that draw on Hmong culture’s emphasis on family and collectivism.
Mosunmoluwa Oyenuga. (2018). "Cancer patterns in Hmong in Minnesota, 2000 to 2012." Cancer Sept. 1, 124(17):3560-3566. The goal of this study was to estimate the cancer incidence among Hmong individuals in Minnesota between 2000 and 2012 to determine targets for screening and interventions. Compared with all Minnesotans, the Hmong had elevated PIRs and AARs for malignancies related to infections, including nasopharyngeal, stomach, liver, and cervical cancers.
Chia Youyee Vang. (2018.) "Thinking Refugee: The Politics of Hmong Place-Making in Argentina and French Guiana." Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 1-21. The author of this essay critiques the ways in which refugee resettlement programs and practices serve to regulate refugee lives. In her analysis, the author provides case studies of Hmong resettlement experiences in Argentina and French Guiana.
Nengher N. Vang. (2018). "Unlawful or Not? Reassessing the Value and Impact of Hmong American Transnational Politics." Amerasia Journal 44(2): 43-64. This article assesses the history, goals and impact of Hmong American transnational politics.
Yang Sao Xiong (2018) The Dynamics of Discursive Opportunities in the Hmong Campaign for Inclusion in California, Amerasia Journal, 44:2, 65-87. The author of this article investigates the factors that allowed Hmong Americans in California’s Central Valley able to successfully mobilize public support for and successfully lobby the California State Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 78, which involves the inclusion of Hmong and Southeast Asian American history in the California school curriculum.
Joo Ok Kim. (2016). "Declining Misery: Rural Florida’s Hmong and Korean Farmers." South: a Scholarly Journal,49(1): 25-37. This article explores the interplay of empire, geographical relocation, and racialization through interviews with Hmong and Korean farmers in rural Florida.
HMONG STUDIES JOURNAL PUBLISHES VOLUME 19, ISSUE 2
At the end of December 2018, the Saint Paul-based Hmong Studies Journal published volume 19, Issue 2.
Articles in Volume 19, Issue 2 include the following:
Research Articles
End of Life Care for the Hmong Population: A Cultural Competency Educational Program for Hospice Nurses by Margaret Bjelica and Julie Ann Nauser
The Influence of Hmong Americans’ Acculturation and Cultural Identity on Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Mental Health Care and Services in Comparison to Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices by Ethan Teng Xiong, Barry Dauphin and Carol Weisfeld
Hmong College Student Perceptions and Experiences with Mercury Containing Skin Lightening Products in St. Paul Minnesota by Susi Keefe, Abdullahi Abdulle, Kim Holzer, Nadia Mohammed, Bettina Schneider, Alexa Vorderbruggen and Michael Xiong
Sex Education for Hmong American Youth: Challenges and Lessons Learned by Nancy Lo, Zha Blong Xiong, Laurie L. Meschke, Vern Xiong, Kia Kehrer and Mary Xiong
Book Reviews
Review and Guide to Hmong Songs of Memory: Traditional Secular and Sacred Hmong Music. Essays, Images, and Film by Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy
Review of Musical Minorities: The Sounds of Hmong Ethnicity in Northern Vietnam by Catherine Falk
Rethinking the Lives, Experiences and Behaviors of Hmong Women in Regard to their Ability to Achieve Empowerment and Agency and Finding Happiness. Review of Claiming Place: On the Agency of Hmong Women by Kao-Ly Yang
View the Hmong Studies Journal Volume 19, Issue 2 Press Release here:
http://hmongstudies.org/HSJPressRelease19.2.pdf
View Volume 19, Issue 2 here: https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hsj-volume-1922018.html
Articles in Volume 19, Issue 2 include the following:
Research Articles
End of Life Care for the Hmong Population: A Cultural Competency Educational Program for Hospice Nurses by Margaret Bjelica and Julie Ann Nauser
The Influence of Hmong Americans’ Acculturation and Cultural Identity on Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Mental Health Care and Services in Comparison to Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices by Ethan Teng Xiong, Barry Dauphin and Carol Weisfeld
Hmong College Student Perceptions and Experiences with Mercury Containing Skin Lightening Products in St. Paul Minnesota by Susi Keefe, Abdullahi Abdulle, Kim Holzer, Nadia Mohammed, Bettina Schneider, Alexa Vorderbruggen and Michael Xiong
Sex Education for Hmong American Youth: Challenges and Lessons Learned by Nancy Lo, Zha Blong Xiong, Laurie L. Meschke, Vern Xiong, Kia Kehrer and Mary Xiong
Book Reviews
Review and Guide to Hmong Songs of Memory: Traditional Secular and Sacred Hmong Music. Essays, Images, and Film by Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy
Review of Musical Minorities: The Sounds of Hmong Ethnicity in Northern Vietnam by Catherine Falk
Rethinking the Lives, Experiences and Behaviors of Hmong Women in Regard to their Ability to Achieve Empowerment and Agency and Finding Happiness. Review of Claiming Place: On the Agency of Hmong Women by Kao-Ly Yang
View the Hmong Studies Journal Volume 19, Issue 2 Press Release here:
http://hmongstudies.org/HSJPressRelease19.2.pdf
View Volume 19, Issue 2 here: https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hsj-volume-1922018.html
COMPREHENSIVE AND EXPANDED HMONG STUDIES RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE ONLINE:
Doing research on a Hmong Studies research topic? More than 40 comprehensive and frequently updated online subject bibliographies of Hmong Studies works are available at the following link: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-bibliographies.html
A 2007-Present research bibliography is updated every few months with information about the latest research publications in Hmong Studies, online links to full-text are included where applicable:
http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-publications-from-2007-present.html
Doing research on a Hmong Studies research topic? More than 40 comprehensive and frequently updated online subject bibliographies of Hmong Studies works are available at the following link: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-bibliographies.html
A 2007-Present research bibliography is updated every few months with information about the latest research publications in Hmong Studies, online links to full-text are included where applicable:
http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-publications-from-2007-present.html
