Projects

Beyond the Barbed Wire: Japanese Americans in Minnesota

Beyond the Barbed Wire: Japanese Americans in Minnesota is an ongoing digital project that aims to preserve and present the unique experiences of Japanese Americans who came to Minnesota because of World War II. Approximately 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forced into internment camps after Pearl Harbor. Many of them relocated and restarted their lives in Minnesota after the war. This was largely because of college...

Explorations in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

Explorations in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Studies in Honor of Professor Tao-Chung “Ted” Yao Edited by Yang Xiao-Desai and Ka F. Wong (Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2018) Teaching Chinese as a second language in the United States, with increasingly intellectual and pedagogical theorization in the past few decades, remains a highly experiential and personal practice. Teaching is always about people. From the...

Beyond the Concrete Jungle City, Nature, and Environmentalism in Hong Kong

Beyond the Concrete Jungle City, Nature, and Environmentalism in Hong Kong Environmental protection and education is one of the most pressing, prevailing, and problematic challenges of the 21st century, especially for urban areas. This project explores the intersectionality, interaction, and initiatives among organizational, economic, and cultural interests in combating environmental issues through an in-depth study of World Wide Fund...

Cultural Pedagogy in the Chinese Classroom: Theory, Research, and Practice

Cultural Pedagogy in the Chinese Classroom: Theory, Research, and Practice  (Beijing: China Minzu University Press, 2016)   Grounded in empirical findings and framed by critical theories, this book puts forwards a new pedagogical paradigm for integrating culture into the Chinese classroom that breaks away from conventional disciplinary boundaries between language instruction and cultural studies. Utilizing the dialectical...

Asia in Northfield: Stories of the Asian American Experience

Asia in Northfield: Stories of Asian American Experience Home Northfield’s time-honored histories are peopled by European settlers and immigrants; a lesser-known chapter comes from Asian Americans. The current Asian population has grown to 3.5%. With the diversification of both colleges, the number of faculty members and students of Asian origins or heritage has also increased notably over the years. Who are they? What are their...