The Hmong Pedagogical

Resources Group

Hamline University 2004-2005

Goal for the project:

Raise the quantity and depth of Hamline research on the Hmong for graduate and undergraduate students and faculty by virtue of a monthly “book club.”

Supporting Goals1. Increase faculty knowledge of existing Hamline

resources on Hmong (web resources, books, films).2. Increase faculty knowledge of existing community

resources on Hmong.3. Improve access to materials, via research and web

guides.4. Develop curricular models for classroom

instruction. 5. Identify and purchase new materials which will

support an expanded curriculum

6. Foster an informed, collegial group of faculty and staff across disciplines and programs at Hamline. Librarians will coordinate the group.

Activities

1.Solicit participation for the Hmong Book Club across the university ... involve some Hmong students at some point ...

Participants

Colleen Bell Mark Berkson Kate Borowske Janet Carlson Diane Clayton Liz CovilleVeena Deo Julie HermanSuda Ishida Rita Johnson Ann Mabbott Carol MayerJane McPeak Mark Olson Amy Sheehan Leslie Vatne

Guests

1. Hmong Resource Center Director:– Mark E. Pfeifer

2. Hamline Hmong Students:– Amee Xiong,

Phasoua Vang, Pa Kong Lee

3. Guest author:– Mai Neng Moua

Activities

2. Use a book-club model, focusing discussions on existing and new materials for study... We will meet monthly... we will also meet for a fieldtrip to a Hmong bookstore...and a film discussion session.

October: Visit

Hmong Resource Center

at the Hmong Cultural Center

November: Jane McPeak (GPAM), Amy Sheehan (Bush Library)

• Reading: Excerpts from Hmong 2000 Census Publication: Data and Analysis

• Hmong Population, Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Educational Trends in the 2000 Census, by Mark E. Pfeifer and Serge Lee

• Hmong Families in America in 2000: Continuity and Change, by Zha Blong Xiong and Arunya Tuicomepee

• What You Cannot See in the U.S. 2000 Census, by Reverend Kou Seying

• Contested Economic Growth Among Hmong Americans, by Chia Youyee Vang

December: Mark Olson (CLA, English Dept.) and Leslie Vatne (GPAM)

1. The Hmong 'Dab Pog Couple' Story and its Significance in Arriving at an Understanding of Hmong Ritual, by Dia Cha, Hmong Studies Journal Vol 4, 2003.

2. Folk Stories of the Hmong: People of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, compiled by Norma J. Livo and Dia Cha (note: this is a netLibrary e-book. )P. 41-57, stories starting with Creation, Flood Naming Story; P. 69-72, Sister-in-Law Yer and the Tiger: How a Wise Woman Tricked the Tiger; P. 108-119, stories starting with The Orphan Boy and His Wife

January: Mark BerksonFilm: The Split Horn

February: Ann Mabbott: Director, Center for Second Language Teaching and

Learning, Graduate School of Education; and Colleen Bell: Women's/Conflict/Social Justice Studies, CLA.

With Hmong student visitors

• Hey, Hmong girl, whassup? : the journal of Choua Vang / Leah Rempel. Saint Paul, Minn. : Hamline University Press

• Introduction, The need for story : cultural diversity in classroom and community / edited by Anne Haas Dyson, Celia Genishi. Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, c1994.

March: Carol Mayer: Director, Master of Arts in Education,

Doctorate in Education, Administrative Licensure, Graduate School of Education

Suda Ishida, Assistant Professor, CLA Communications;

Diane Clayton, Bush Library

1. Hmong-American K-12 Students and the Academic Skills Needed for a College Education: A Review of the Existing Literature and Suggestions for Future Research" by Christopher T. Vang, Hmong Studies Journal, Vol 5, 2004-05.

1. Hmong Transnational Identity: the Gendering of Contested Discourses" by Roberta Julian, Hmong Studies Journal, Vol 5, 2004-05

Activities

3. At the last monthly session the Hmong Book Club will make purchase recommendations for the campus to use in a variety of curricular contexts and make accessible to students and faculty university-wide by Bush Library.

Hmong ABC Bookstore(Photo of owner and Hamline students last year)

Bamboo among the oaks : contemporary writing by Hmong Americans / edited by Mai Neng Moua. St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002

April: Janet Carlson, CLA Chemistry. Guest, Editor Mai Neng Moua

Activities (and assessment)

4. Each member of the Hmong Book Club will create a curricular segment for a course or courses. We will integrate content into subject areas, explore strategies for teaching Hmong content, or some combination of these. These will be electronic and made available to Hamline faculty in all academic units via the Hmong Book Club web page.

May

• Curricular model reports, shared with the group and coming soon to the web...

Activities

5. Librarians will create the Hmong Book Club web page... online resources, materials housed in the library (books, journals, videos), and to instructions on utilizing them to their fullest. This will be the location of the curricular models created by the members of the group... These will be accessible to all Hamline students and faculty and will continue to be revised and maintained by library staff after the conclusion of the grant.

http://www.hamline.edu/bush/use/grants_hmong.html

April 05 Diane Clayton