Chia Youyee Vang

Assistant Professor

Office: Holton 369
Phone: (414) 229-1101
e-mail: vangcy@uwm.edu

Degree(s):

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2006

Research Interests:

Post WWII refugee/immigration policies, Cold War politics, transnational migration, Hmong/Asian American history

Teaching Areas:

Modern Hmong/Southeast Asian history
Diplomatic history/Vietnam War
Asian American history
Immigration

Courses Offered:

History 287: The Vietnam War
Ethnic Studies 265: Hmong American History, Culture and Contemporary Life
History 840: Globalization of America-The Asian American Experience

Other Activities:

Hmong Diaspora Certificate Program Coordinator

Selected Publications

Chia Youyee Vang, "Hmong Anti-Communism at Hmong and Abroad" in Ieva Zake (ed). 2009. Anti-Communist Minorities in the U.S.: Political Activism of Ethnic Refugees (New York: Palgrave Macmillan).

Chia Youyee Vang, "U.S. Cold War Policies in Laos and the Hmong, 1961-1975" in Toshihiko Kishi and Yuka Tsuchiya (eds), De-Centering the Cultural Cold War: The US and Asia (Kokusai Shoin: Tokyo, 2009) 

Hmong in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press. 2008.