Upcoming Conferences
The National Association for Asian & Pacific American Education (NAAPAE), in ccoperation with the University of California and the California Department of Education, will hold its 18th annual national conference at the San Francisco Airport Westin Hotel, May 22-26, 1996. The theme is "APA Education: Language and Culture in the Age of Information." Included will be a panel, "Research in Southeast Asian Refugee Education in the U.S.," focusing on sociocultural/linguistic aspects of schooling of Southeast Asian refugee students from K-12 to higher education. For registration information contact: Janet Lu, c/o ARC Associates 1212 Broadway, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94612; phone 510/834-9455; fax 510/763-1490.
The Association for Asian American Studies will hold its 13th annual national conference in Washington, D.C., May 29-June 2, 1996. Papers to be presented include the following:
"Experiencing Gender Life Decisions Among Southeast Asian Refugee Adolescents," by Nancy Lee Koschmann
"The Asian Model Minority Myth and Ethnic Identity: Female Lao College Students," by Wanni W. Anderson
"Eclectic Voices: A Comparative Analysis Between Children Survivor Writings of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields' and the Holocaust," by Manhao Chhor.
"Southeast Asians and Southeast Asian Americans and Poverty," by Cuong Quy Huynh.
For registration information contact: AAAS, c/o Cornell University, 425 Caldwell Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-2602; phone 607/255-3320; fax 607/254-4996; apal@cornell.edu.
