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Vita
PRESENTATIONS
AND WORKSHOPS
(partial listing)
"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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