In the News

A new bill in Wisconsin would require schools to teach Asian American, and specifically Hmong American history, WQOW reports. Senate Bill 240 was introduced by Republican Senator Jesse James of Altoona and other lawmakers in early April. …

WCER researchers are partnering with Hmong American faculty and undergraduates across the state to study and find solutions for the underrepresentation in STEM classes and the STEM workforce of Hmong Americans, who make up Wisconsin’s …

The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor whose scholarship and teaching focus on Hmong/HMoob Americans. The position will be 50% in the Asian …

Months after Wisconsin’s Hmong population celebrated the 45th anniversary of their first arrival in Wisconsin, UW-Oshkosh has approved a Hmong Studies Certificate to deepen understanding of the culture and history of Hmong American people and …

By Chong A. Moua This post is the last in a series of blog posts celebrating the 2021 Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month at UW–Madison. For more information about APIDA events and programming, …

Kou Yang, Ed. D., MSW. Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Stanislaus passed away on February 6, 2021.  

UW–Madison student Zoua Lor has been awarded a research grant from the American Psychological Association’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training for a project entitled, “A Study of Hmong Student-Family Relationships in College.”

The Paj Ntaub Research Team is a collective of HMoob American student activists and scholars at the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) housed within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the …