Chia Youyee Vang

Associate Professor

Office: Holton 324
Phone: (414) 229-1101
e-mail: vangcy@uwm.edu
Curriculum Vitae: pdf

Degree(s):

Ph.D., University of Minnesota (2006)
M.A., Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota (1996)
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College (1994)

Research Interests:

20th century U.S.-Asia relations, Cold War politics, Asian America history, refugee migration, transnational and diaspora communities

Teaching Areas:

Asian/Hmong American history, Cold War in Asia, transnational migration

Courses Offered:

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

Other Activities:

Hmong Diaspora Certificate Program Coordinator

Selected Publications

Books:
Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora. Urbana, Chicago and Springfield: University of Illinois Press, 2010.

Hmong in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2008.

Articles:
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)