Dr. Peter Nien-chu Kiang is a Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. There he teaches graduate courses in social studies curriculum design and directs the university's Asian American Studies Program.

Peter's research, teaching and advocacy related to Asian American students and communities in both K-12 and higher education have been honored or supported by the National Academy of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Spencer Foundation, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the Massachusetts Association for Bilingual Education, the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League, and others.

He holds a B.A., Ed.M., and Ed.D. from Harvard University and is a former Community Fellow in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT.

Topics:

Education and Asian Americans
Minority and immigrant/refugee youth and community development
Pedagogy and voice in the classroom
Trauma, healing, and legacies of the U.S./Viet Nam war

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Telephone: (617) 287-7614
          Fax: (617) 287-7664
   Address: Dr. Peter N. Kiang
                  Graduate College of Education
                  UMass Boston
                  100 Morrissey Boulevard
                  Boston, MA 02125-3393

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