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Dr. Peter Nien-chu Kiang

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PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
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"Curricular Strategies and Connections with Asian American Children and Families," Children's Defense Fund national conference, New York, April 2000.

"Names and Faces - Identity, Race, and Culture in Schools," school assembly, Park School, Brookline, April 2000.

"Issues in Developing and Sharing Cross-Disciplinary Education Research," National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Retreat, Cambridge, March 2000.

"Transforming the Curriculum" and "Anti-Racist Commitments in Teacher Development," New York State Association of Independent Schools statewide conference, New York, March 2000.

"Lessons from Tule Lake: Asian American Experiences and Themes in Designing Curricula," TeachAsia Summer Institute, Asia Society, University of Oregon, Eugene OR, July 1998.

"Asian American Realities in Independent Schools," Cultural Diversity: Implementing the Commitment in Independent Schools, Milton Academy, July 1998.

"Resources and Themes for Teaching about Asian Americans in Boston," Teaching Boston History Workshops, The Bostonian Society, February 1998.

"School/Curricular Reform and the Needs of Asian American Youth," Faculty Development Seminar, Scarsdale High School, NY, December 1997.

"Curricular Collaborations with Asian Immigrant Students, Families, and Communities," National Asian Family/School Partnership Project, National Coalition of Advocates for Students, Boston, October 1997.

"Community Investments in Asian Pacific American Youth," Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, Chicago, October 1997.

"Conceptual Linkages for Asian and Asian American Studies Program Development," Faculty Development Seminar, University of Massachusetts Amherst, September 1997.

"Facilitating Classroom Lessons and Curriculum Development from the Japanese American Internment Experience," Curriculum Summit, Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, San Francisco, August 1997.

"Diversity Resources on the Worldwide Web," Diversity Education and the Public Good Conference, Ford Foundation, Seattle, October 1996.

"Connections to Pedagogy," "Resources on the Worldwide Web," "Hibakusha Perspectives: Hiroshima and Vietnam," and "Vietnamese American Student Perspectives on Teaching the Vietnam War," NEH Four-Week Summer Teacher Institute - Teaching the Vietnam War, William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, UMass Boston, July-August 1996.

"The Chinese in the U.S.: From Coolie Labor to the Nobel Prize," Modern China: Society in Transition, New England China Network Summer Institute, July 1996.

"Mapping the Asian American Landscape" and "Designing Asian American Curricula," TeachAsia Summer Institute, Asia Society, New York, July 1996.

"Teaching Continuity and Change" and "Asian Diaspora: People Across Boundaries," Asia in Our Schools - Resources for Asian Studies: New Paradigms, New Technologies Conference, Asia Society, NY, April 1996.

"Analyzing the Media: Asian American Images and Realities," Emerson College Asian American Student Association, April 1996.

"Recognizing Service and Sacrifice: Learning from Asian American Veterans," Allies and Enemies: The Dilemma of Asian Americans During World War II, the Museum of Chinese in the Americas and the Chinese Historical Society of New England, April 1996.

"Community Capacity: Organizing Strategies for a New Generation," MIT Community Fellows Program, April 1996.

"Preserving/Sharing/Creating Asian Pacific American Heritage," Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, March 1996.

"Challenges Facing Newcomer Communities: The Role of Philanthropy," Donors Forum, Boston Foundation, March 1996.

"Deconstructing Diversity: Recognizing Asian American Realities in Our Schools," Confronting the Hard Issues: The National Dialogue on Race and How it Translates in Our Schools, Association of Independent Schools in New England, February 1996.

"Recentering Themes, Reclaiming Voices," Multicultural Perspectives on the American West - Teacher Institute, Primary Source and Bentley College, January 1996.

"Models of Grassroots Community Development," Center for International Education, UMass Amherst, April 1995.

"Voices of Southeast Asian Students in the Classroom and Curriculum," National Migrant Education Programs annual conference, Boston, March 1995.

"Asian American Philanthropy: Traditions and Expectations," Community Foundation Initiative, Ford Foundation, St. Paul MN, October 1994.

"Paradigms for Leadership and Immigrant Community Capacity-Building," Office for Refugee Resettlement, Washington DC, September 1994.

"Cultural Authenticity in Schools," Lesley College, July 1994.

"Multicultural Social Studies Strategies and Methods," Stoughton High School, June 1994.

"Boston's Changing Demographics: What Does it All Mean?" Boston Association of Black Journalists, June 1994.

"Race Relations in Boston," National Conference of Christians and Jews, April 1994.

"Developing New Generations of Leadership," Indian American Political Forum, Newton, April 1994.

"Anything Goes?: Popular Entertainment and Social Values," Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, March 1994.

"Joy-Luck or Stress-Silence: Perspectives of Asian American Students," METCO Directors Association, Boston, March 1994.

"Racism and Civil Rights in the Curriculum," Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Teachers Institute, Boston, August 1993.

"Asian American Voices and Themes in the K-12 Curriculum," Ithaca School District and Cornell University Asian American Studies Program, Ithaca, NY, June 1993.

"Strengthening Asian and African American Student Relationships," METCO Directors Association, Boston, March 1993.

"Movement and the Japanese Internment," Massachusetts Corporation for Education Technology, satellite broadcast with Yukie Shiroma and Dance Umbrella, Cambridge, February 1993.

"Language and Culture in Schools," Massachusetts Academy of Teachers, Cambridge MA, July 1992.

"Asian Americans and the Model Minority Myth: 1990's Realities," Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge MA, June 1992.

"Teaching and Learning from the Asian American Experience," Facing History and Ourselves, Boston, May 1992.

"University-Community Connections: Vietnamese Americans and Higher Education," Vietnamese Service Providers of Massachusetts, Tyngsboro MA, April 1992.

"Ping On Means Peace: Reflections on the History of Boston's Chinatown," Old South Meeting House, Boston, April 1992.

"Japan and Japanese Americans: Teaching and Curriculum Strategies," Charles River School, Dover MA, April 1992.

"Civil Rights Hate Crimes: Community Perspectives," Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, February 1992.

"Dr. King's Legacy for Asian Americans," George School, Newtown PA, January 1992.

"Empowering Asian American Students and Communities," Urban Classroom Documentation Project, National Writing Project, Princeton NJ, August 1991.

"Diversifying the Curriculum: Lessons on Process," Boston College, June 1991.

"Racism and Resistance in Asian American History," University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, February 1991.

"Stories and Studies of Asian American Vietnam Veterans," San Jose State University, February 1991.

"Advocacy Work in Immigrant Communities," Boston University School of Social Work, April 1989.

"Capacity-Building Needs in Boston Chinatown: The Role for Grantmakers," Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts, Boston, December 1988.

"Civil Rights Issues and the Asian American Community," Asian/Pacific American Municipal Officers Association, National League of Cities Convention, Boston, December 1988.

"Southeast Asian Refugees: Barriers to Higher Education," Boston University School of Social Work, March 1988.

"Anti-Asian Violence and Strategies for Community Organizing," 50th Anniversary Convention, National Lawyers Guild, Washington D.C., May 1987.

"The Artist and Ethnicity," Committee on the Visual Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1986.


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