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Direct linkLee, Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the United States, Hmong Americans rank low in academic performance and are among the poorest ethnic groups (Lor, 2017; Ngo & Lee, 2007; S. Xiong & Lam, 2013; C. Y. Vang, 2012). The lack of success in education has contributed to their underrepresentation in graduate school (Budiman, 2021; Ngo & Lee, 2007; S. Xiong & Lam, 2013).…
Descriptors: Hmong People, Elementary Secondary Education, Administrators, Administrator Attitudes
Peer reviewedSusie D. Lamborn; Julie Paasch-Anderson – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2024
This study investigated Hmong American adolescents' perceptions of their mother as helping them understand race as Asian American youths in an urban context. Twenty-four Hmong American adolescents ages 14 to 18 (M = 15.8; 67% female; 54% U.S. born, 46% born in Southeast Asia) participated in semi-structured interviews, following approval of the…
Descriptors: Hmong People, Asian Americans, Adolescents, Attitudes
Download full textBailey B. Smolarek; Matthew Wolfgram; Chundou Her; Lena Lee; Stacey J. Lee; Geboli Long; Payeng Moua; Kong Pheng Pha; Ariana Thao; Mai See Thao; Mai Neng Vang; Susan Vang; Chee Meng Xiong; Choua Xiong; Edward Xiong; Odyssey Xiong; Pa Kou Xiong; Ying Yang Youa Xiong; Kayeng Yang; Lisa Yang; Mai Chong Yang; Scy Yang; Steven Yang – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2024
Asian Americans as a group are overrepresented among STEM college graduates and have the highest average college enrollment rate of any racial or ethnic category. Thus, Asian Americans are typically excluded from educational interventions directed at improving STEM education for Students of Color because they are not considered to be…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, STEM Education, Student Needs, Social Influences
Vue, Rican – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2021
Since 1975, over 3 million refugees have entered the United States, yet schools are unequipped to recognize and comprehend refugee communities' life circumstances as shaped by structural and symbolic violence. The educational experiences of second-generation Hmong American refugees highlight this neglect and its potential consequences for…
Descriptors: Trauma, Resilience (Psychology), Hmong People, Asian American Students
Kaia L. Simon – College Composition and Communication, 2019
Although scholars have studied migrant children who translate for their families, less is known about how these experiences matter for life-long literacy experiences. This article argues that child language brokers develop advanced skills in literacy and rhetoric from which they draw throughout their lives, in multiple contexts.
Descriptors: Translation, Literacy, Immigrants, Language Proficiency
Hang, Avita; Walsh, Nichole – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This qualitative thematic analysis study examined the motivations of first-generation college graduate Hmong American students in their educational attainment. Currently, Hmong American students are facing cultural and institutional barriers which continue to impact access to and achievement in college. Although there is an educational disparity,…
Descriptors: Hmong People, Asian Americans, Academic Achievement, Barriers
Vang, Tou H. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) is quickly becoming the first choice for many Hmong students to gain an affordable, high-quality education. However, the Hmong population remains one of the few minority groups who are still first-generation and struggles to be college ready. This study used quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Hmong People, Immigrants, First Generation College Students
Cheryl A. Bostrom – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Research identifies the alphabetic principle as a vital step in literacy development and validates Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) measures as early predictors of reading success. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the NWF assessment process used to measure the alphabetic principle is culturally valid for early elementary Hmong…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Hmong People, Special Education, Alphabets
Meschke, Laurie L.; Peter, Christina R. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2014
Parents play an important role in the promotion of adolescent sexual health, but little is known about parents' attitudes and beliefs in immigrant families. We examine Hmong American parents' attitudes about adolescent sexual health using survey data from 202 parents of adolescents with attention to parental gender differences. Breaking from…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Role, Adolescents, Sexuality
Ngo, Bic – American Educational Research Journal, 2013
This article illustrates the culture consciousness of Hmong immigrant community leaders as they made sense of the educational experiences of Hmong American children and families. It draws on the work of scholars who have theorized "critical" essentialism to suggest that Hmong leaders are critically aware of the role and import of…
Descriptors: Hmong People, Immigrants, Community Leaders, Cultural Awareness
Mayo, J. B., Jr. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2013
This article highlights some of the cultural barriers that exist for Hmong people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ), while placing these barriers in an historical context. It uncovers differences and similarities found between the experiences of queer Hmong youth and the larger population of queer youth living…
Descriptors: Hmong People, Homosexuality, Cultural Influences, Barriers
Meschke, Laurie L.; Dettmer, Kim – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2012
Parent-adolescent communication about sexual health is one strategy to encourage healthy adolescent sexual behaviour. However, this literature has largely overlooked immigrant families. Hmong youth, identified as facing extreme challenges to parent-adolescent communication, are considered in the USA. Content analysis was used to examine…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Hmong People, Pregnancy, Adolescents
Kaiser, Eden A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation is a sociophonetic analysis of the English spoken by Hmong Americans living in the "Twin Cities" of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The Twin Cities has the largest urban population of Hmong Americans in the United States. Through studies of production and perception of vowels involved in sound changes, I…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Phonetics, Vowels, Phonemics
Rah, Yeonjai; Choi, Shangmin; Nguyen, Thu Suong Thi – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2009
This interview study examines the way practitioners in Wisconsin public schools created conditions to facilitate refugee parent involvement. Practitioners' perceptions of barriers to refugee parents' school involvement are explored as well as the strategies used to promote meaningful parent involvement. Interviewees included nine school…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Hmong People, Parent Participation, Parent Education
Lavoie, Constance; Benson, Carol – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2011
This paper illustrates how a methodological tool called "drawing-voice" can be used to demonstrate qualitatively what statistical and policy data are not able to reveal regarding the educational realities of Hmong minority communities in northern Vietnam, particularly with regard to the role of local language and culture in school. This…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Hmong People, Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction
