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Chia Youyee Vang is a Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research and writing deal the the Hmong diaspora other Southeast Asian diasporas and refugees.[1]

Vang is the author of the books Hmong in Minnesota[2] and Hmong America : reconstructing community in diaspora[3]. She is also the co-editor of Claiming Place: On the Agency of Hmong Women.[4] Hmong in America has been described as "the first scholarly examination of the Hmong experience in the U.S."[5]: 214 

Biography

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Vang was born in Laos; she was displaced by the Vietnam War and resettled in Saint Paul, Minnesota as a child.[6][7][8] She received a bachelor's degree from Gustavus Adolphus College (1994), and a master's degree (1996) and Ph.D. (2006) from the University of Minnesota. She began teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2006. There, she established an interdisciplinary Hmong Diaspora Studies program, of which she is the director.[9] She is now a full professor and the university's Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Inclusion and Engagement.[10]

Vang is married to Tong Yang; they have two sons.[8]

Awards received

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  • Hmong Woman of the Year Award (2010)[8]
  • University of Wisconsin Regents' Diversity Award (2016)[11]
  • University of Wisconsin System Outstanding Woman of Color in Education Award (2014)[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Chia Youyee Vang Studies The Hmong Diaspora - Hmong Times". Hmong Times. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  2. ^ 1971-, Vang, Chia Youyee (2008). Hmong in Minnesota. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780873515986. OCLC 164570608. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ 1971-, Vang, Chia Youyee (2010). Hmong America : reconstructing community in diaspora. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252035685. OCLC 601331518. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Vang, Chia Youyee; Nibbs, Faith G.; Vang, Ma (2016). Claiming place : on the agency of Hmong women. Vang, Chia Youyee, 1971-, Nibbs, Faith G.,, Vang, Ma, 1982-. Minneapolis. ISBN 9781452950068. OCLC 944346999.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Riffel, Brent E. (2011). "Review of Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 70 (2): 212–214. JSTOR 23046169.
  6. ^ Lum, Lydia (2008-08-07). "Getting to Know: Chia Youyee Vang". Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. 25 (13): 6.
  7. ^ "Wisconsin Women Making History Chia Youyee Vang - Wisconsin Women Making History". 2016-06-21. Archived from the original on 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ^ a b c Pabst, Georgia (2010-12-11). "Milwaukee Hmong community celebrates local leaders". Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  9. ^ "Winners of Regents' Diversity Awards announced". News. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  10. ^ "Chia Youyee Vang | Global Inclusion & Engagement". uwm.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  11. ^ "Regents name UWM's Vang as 2016 Diversity Award winner". UWM REPORT. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  12. ^ "University of Wisconsin Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award Recipients". Grants & Awards. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
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Category:American people of Hmong descent Category:American academics