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CCWT research partner, the HMoob American Studies Committee releases statement supporting Black Lives Matter

Posted on June 15, 2020 by mswolfgram

The HMoob American Studies Committee (HMASC) is a student activist committee at UW-Madison, which is partnering with CCWT in ongoing research to study the socio-cultural and institutional factors that impact the college and career experiences …

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No deportations for Hmong Wisconsinites, or anyone else

Posted on February 28, 2020 by mswolfgram

Recent news surfaced about negotiations between the U.S. and Lao governments to deport Hmong/Lao refugees to Laos. If agreements are reached, approximately 4,500 Hmong/Lao individuals with a final order for deportation would be affected. As a research group who studies …

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Multiple Internships: Ladder or Treadmill?

Posted on December 17, 2019 by mswolfgram

Zhixuan Wu and Vivien Ahrens are Ph.D. students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and project assistants for the “The College Internship Study” (conducted by the Center for College-Workforce Transitions). Here, they give insight into their explorations of an increasingly emerging, yet scarcely researched trend in higher education: …

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Anthropology students explore career transitions with participatory research

Posted on August 30, 2019 by mswolfgram

Daniel Ginsberg, PhD Manager of Education, Research & Professional Development American Anthropological Association A bachelor’s degree in anthropology makes people nervous. They worry that it might be impractical, dooming graduates to flail around trying to …

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Refugees and the International Higher Education Audit Culture in the United States

Posted on July 18, 2019 by mswolfgram

Refugees overcome high barriers to survive, resettle in the United States, and to thrive in their new communities. On account of the protracted nature of modern conflicts, refugees are now often displaced for a decade …

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Research highlights HMoob American college students’ experiences in spaces of belonging and exclusion

Posted on February 20, 2019 by mswolfgram

Paj Ntaub event a major success! There is apparently a lot of interest on the campus of UW-Madison and in the Madison community in the factors that influence HMoob American College experiences. The Pab Ntaub …

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“What kind of Asian are you?”: Institutional invisibility of the HMoob American College Paj Ntaub

Posted on December 13, 2018 by mswolfgram

“As an Asian American student, I am always asked, ‘What kind of Asian are you?’ When I respond, ‘HMoob,’ I’m asked, ‘What’s HMoob? What country is that?’ But HMoob do not fit the construct of …

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Cultures of risk and the activity format of internship participation

Posted on December 10, 2018 by mswolfgram

The activity theory of work-based learning One of the fascinating things about interviewing students, educators, and employers about their internship experiences is that we are able to learn about how students experience work-based learning. And …

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Introducing “Our HMoob American College Paj Ntaub”

Posted on November 12, 2018 by mswolfgram

A Poetic Prologue – HMoob not Hmong or Mong “Hmong” spelled as H-m-o-o-b ​reclaims the HMONG part of the Hmong American identity HMOOB acknowledges the authentic pronunciation of the “Hmong” name, heritage, and people “Hmong” …

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Time to consider higher education for refugees

Posted on October 18, 2018 by mswolfgram

The Trump Administration recently announced the Presidential Determination for the new fiscal year, which sets the ceiling for the number refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program. The determination dropped the ceiling from 45,000 refugees to its historic low of 30,000. But, as low …

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