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A Qualitative Study Of The Long Term Impact Of Welfare Reform On Cambodian American Families, Karen Quintiliani Jan 2015

A Qualitative Study Of The Long Term Impact Of Welfare Reform On Cambodian American Families, Karen Quintiliani

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Many Cambodian American families have struggled on the economic margins since their arrival to the U.S. in the 1980s. To raise families in poverty Cambodians created family survival strategies to buffer themselves against economic uncertainty and the vagaries of the social welfare system. They combine public assistance with formal and informal work activities of household members, including teenagers and young adults, to survive. With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 or Welfare Reform, Cambodians lost vital economic resources. Based upon a longitudinal qualitative study from 1998-2007, this article looks back on how first generation …


Conspiracy Of Silence And New Subjectivity In Monkey Bridge And The Gangster We Are All Looking For, Quan Manh Ha Jan 2015

Conspiracy Of Silence And New Subjectivity In Monkey Bridge And The Gangster We Are All Looking For, Quan Manh Ha

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

This article analyzes the memories of traumatic experiences held by major characters in two contemporary Vietnamese American novels: Lan Caos Monkey Bridge and Le Thi Diem Thuys The Gangster We Are All Looking For. Because the parents who experienced trauma during the Vietnam War refuse to share their haunting pasts with the coming-of-age narrators who are maturing in the United States, both narrators feel suffocated by a very palpable conspiracy of silence, and eventually they must find release from their parents traumatic and haunting pasts in order to create a new subjectivity for themselves in a new homelanda subjectivity that …


Role Of Family, Culture, And Peers In The Success Of First-Generation Cambodian American College Students, Jennifer Tang, Simon Kim, Don Haviland Jan 2015

Role Of Family, Culture, And Peers In The Success Of First-Generation Cambodian American College Students, Jennifer Tang, Simon Kim, Don Haviland

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Cambodian American college students are often overlooked in academe because of the model minority myth. The stereotype overshadows the challenges and heterogeneity in the Asian American and Pacific Islander population. This exploratory study examined the experiences of 13 first-generation Cambodian American college students at a large, public institution in California. Findings revealed that, despite obstacles of being first-generation with limited cultural capital, students were transformed into successful leaners when they received validation from their parents and peers and felt a sense of belonging to the college community through their involvement in an ethnic-based student organization.


Labor Market Discrimination: Vietnamese Immigrants, Linus Yamane Jan 2015

Labor Market Discrimination: Vietnamese Immigrants, Linus Yamane

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Vietnamese and East European immigrants face similar obstacles in the US labor market. This provides for an interesting test of racial discrimination in the labor market. Does it make any difference if an immigrant is Asian or White? When Vietnamese immigrants are compared to East European immigrants, Vietnamese men earn 7-9% less than comparable East European men, with more discrimination among the less educated, and in the larger Vietnamese population centers like California. Vietnamese women earn as much as comparable East European women. Vietnamese immigrants, male and female, are much less likely to hold managerial and supervisory positions than comparable …


Looking Gran Torino In The Eye: A Review, Ly Chong Jalao Jan 2015

Looking Gran Torino In The Eye: A Review, Ly Chong Jalao

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Book Review: No Dream Beyond My Reach By Sopheap Ly, Rassamichanh Souryasack Jan 2015

Book Review: No Dream Beyond My Reach By Sopheap Ly, Rassamichanh Souryasack

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

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Book Review: Golden Leaf: A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor By Kilong Ung, Carl L. Bankston Iii Jan 2015

Book Review: Golden Leaf: A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor By Kilong Ung, Carl L. Bankston Iii

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Book Review: Juks Adventure In Phuket Thailand By Meng Lin Chen And Michael Kirjon, Mariana Kuhl Jan 2015

Book Review: Juks Adventure In Phuket Thailand By Meng Lin Chen And Michael Kirjon, Mariana Kuhl

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

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Book Review: Reflections Of A Khmer Soul By Navy Phim, Silvy Un Jan 2015

Book Review: Reflections Of A Khmer Soul By Navy Phim, Silvy Un

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Book Review: The Latehomecomer By Kao Kalia Yang, Sarah Hansen Jan 2015

Book Review: The Latehomecomer By Kao Kalia Yang, Sarah Hansen

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Selected Poems, Jai Arun Ravine Jan 2015

Selected Poems, Jai Arun Ravine

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To Make A Return, Mai Der Vang Jan 2015

To Make A Return, Mai Der Vang

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Selected Poems, Trangdai Glassey-Tranguyen Jan 2015

Selected Poems, Trangdai Glassey-Tranguyen

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Trouble Telling The Enemy, Kevin Minh Allen Jan 2015

Trouble Telling The Enemy, Kevin Minh Allen

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Letter To My Unborn Self, Saymoukda Vongsay Jan 2015

Letter To My Unborn Self, Saymoukda Vongsay

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Cambodian Family-School Partnership: Toward An Evolving Theory, Peter Tan Keo Jan 2015

Cambodian Family-School Partnership: Toward An Evolving Theory, Peter Tan Keo

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

This article explores the current debate around family-school partnerships. Traditional family-school partnership theories do not account for the intended voices of Cambodian families. This article draws from existing research on Southeast Asian families more generally in order to develop a research-based, data-driven family-school partnership conceptual framework for Cambodian American families. It is believed that a pro-ethnic, voice-centric family-school partnership fosters an inclusive, supportive learning environment for Cambodian children. The logic undergirding that belief assumes that this partnership is likely to increase cultural awareness between critical home-school partners. At the very least, the proposed concept model serves as a theoretical building …


Annotated Bibliography: Academic Publications From 2008 To 2009 Related To Southeast Asian American Education And Advancement, Kathleen Langham Jan 2015

Annotated Bibliography: Academic Publications From 2008 To 2009 Related To Southeast Asian American Education And Advancement, Kathleen Langham

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A Qualitative Examination Of The Psychosocial Adjustment Of Khmer Refugees In Three Massachusetts Communities, Leakhena Nou Jan 2015

A Qualitative Examination Of The Psychosocial Adjustment Of Khmer Refugees In Three Massachusetts Communities, Leakhena Nou

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

This paper uses a sociological stress process model to explore the Khmer adult refugees' experience in Massachusetts. The analysis is based on the responses of three focus groups in the Khmer communities of Lowell, Lynn, and Revere, Massachusetts. The focus groups provided an in-depth understanding of sources of stress, stress mediators, and psychosocial adjustment/adaptational patterns for Khmer refugees who had experienced the Cambodian genocide. Symptoms and reactions associated with underlying causes of mental health problems had culturally specific relevance to physical illness and mental health.


Editors' Introduction - Fulfilling A Critical Need: The Journal Of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement, Wayne E. Wright, Kimoanh Nguyen-Lam, Chhany Sak-Humphry, Leslie Turpin, James Knaack Jan 2015

Editors' Introduction - Fulfilling A Critical Need: The Journal Of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement, Wayne E. Wright, Kimoanh Nguyen-Lam, Chhany Sak-Humphry, Leslie Turpin, James Knaack

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

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Book Review - Lee, S. (2005) Up Against Whiteness: Race, School, And Immigrant Youth, Chang Pu Jan 2007

Book Review - Lee, S. (2005) Up Against Whiteness: Race, School, And Immigrant Youth, Chang Pu

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

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Biopoem, Wongsakorn Chanseawrassamee Jan 2007

Biopoem, Wongsakorn Chanseawrassamee

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"Khmer Pride": Being And Becoming Khmer-American In An Urban Migrant Education Program, Theresa Ann Mcginnis Jan 2007

"Khmer Pride": Being And Becoming Khmer-American In An Urban Migrant Education Program, Theresa Ann Mcginnis

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

This article focuses on the ways an urban migrant education program becomes a space where middle school Khmer students can explore who they are as Khmer youth living in an urban American context. I discuss how the youth are able to take a transformative, interactional stance to the literacy and sign-making practices within the program. I argue that the Khmer youth's identities are reflected within these literacy and expressive practices. Further, I suggest the experiences of these Khmer middle school children of agricultural workers provide rich examples of how immigrant youth draw on a variety of cultural resources (from urban …


The Feast Of First Mourning, Sumeia Williams Jan 2007

The Feast Of First Mourning, Sumeia Williams

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

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Four Poems: Snakehead Fish; Departures; Capitol; And Preparations For Southeast Asia, Bryan Thao Worra Jan 2007

Four Poems: Snakehead Fish; Departures; Capitol; And Preparations For Southeast Asia, Bryan Thao Worra

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

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Cross-Linguistic Analysis Of Vietnamese And English With Implications For Vietnamese Language Acquisition And Maintenance In The United States, Giang Tang Jan 2007

Cross-Linguistic Analysis Of Vietnamese And English With Implications For Vietnamese Language Acquisition And Maintenance In The United States, Giang Tang

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Two overall goals of this paper are a) to provide a linguistic basis for promoting first language maintenance of Vietnamese in a larger United States context and b) to stimulate future research in language acquisition of Vietnamese-English speakers. This paper is divided into three sections. Section 1 discusses previous studies on first language (L1) maintenance among Vietnamese Americans. Section 2 presents a cross-linguistic comparison of Vietnamese and English across speech-sound, word, and grammatical language levels. A cross-linguistic analysis may help educators better understand speaking patterns of Vietnamese American students. Based on this cross-linguistic comparison, Section 3 presents potential bi-directional interactions …


Book Review - Reyes, A. (2006) Language, Identity, And Stereotype Among Southeast Asian American Youth: The Other Asian, Keo Chea Jan 2007

Book Review - Reyes, A. (2006) Language, Identity, And Stereotype Among Southeast Asian American Youth: The Other Asian, Keo Chea

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

No abstract provided.