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Full Text Scholarly Articles and Reports about the Hmong

• A Bibliographic Guide to Hmong Studies Research 2005-2008
• Hmong 2000 Census Publication (Hmong Cultural and Resource Center and Hmong National Development)
• Hmong-Related Research: Past, Present, and Future Directions (Bibliographic Essay)

Hmong Studies Journal Articles 1996-2010

Volume 12, 2011

• Writing Citizenship: Flexible Forms of Belonging in Kao Kalia Yang's The Late Homecomer by Aline Lo
• Political Transmigrants: Rethinking Hmong Political Activism in America by Nengher N. Vang
• Hmong Students in Higher Education and Academic Support Programs by Soua Xiong and Song E. Lee
• The Prevalence of English Monolingualism and Its Association with Generational Status among Hmong Americans, 2005-2009 by Yang Sao Xiong and Nao Xiong
• Predicting Hmong Male and Female Youth's Delinquent Behavior: An Exploratory Study by Zha Blong Xiong and Ju-Ping Huang
• Commentary: The (H)mong Shamans' Power of Healing: Sharing the Esoteric Knowledge of a Great Mong Shaman by Jacques Lemoine
• Video Review: Better Places: The Hmong of Rhode Island a Generation Later by Chia Youyee Vang

Volume 11, 2010

• The Hmong Come to Southern Laos: Local Responses and the Creation of Racialized Boundaries by Ian G. Baird
• Acculturation Processes of Hmong in Eastern Wisconsin by John Kha Lee and Katherine Green
• Access to Adequate Healthcare for Hmong Women: A Patient Navigation Program to Increase Pap Test Screening by Penny Lo, Dao Moua Fang, May Ying Ly, Susan Stewart, Serge Lee and Moon S. Chen Jr.
• A Hmong Birth and Authoritative Knowledge: A Case study of choice, control, and the reproductive consequences of refugee status in American childbirth by Faith Nibbs
• Parental Influences on Hmong University Students' Success by Andrew J. Supple, Shuntay Z. McCoy and Yudan Wang
• Gran Torino's Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race, and Masculinity: Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring 2010
• Perspectives on Hmong Studies: Speech by Dr. Nicholas Tapp on Receiving the Eagle Award at the Third International Conference on Hmong Studies, Concordia University, Saint Paul, April 10, 2010
• The Hmong and their Perceptions about Physical Disabilities: An Overview and Review of Selected Literature by Grace Hatmaker, Helda Pinzon-Perez, Xong Khang and Connie Cha
• Patterns of Change: Transitions in Hmong Textile Language by Geraldine Craig

Volume 10, 2009

• Gran Torino's Boys and Men with Guns: Hmong Perspectives by Louisa Schein and Va-Megn Thoj
• From Miao to Miaozu - Alterity in the Formation of Modern Ethnic Groups by Zhiqiang Yang
• Citation Analysis and Hmong Studies Publications: An Initial Examination by Nancy K. Herther
• Searching for the Hmong People's Ethnic Homeland and Multiple Dimensions of Transnational Longing: From the Viewpoint of the Hmong in Laos by Sangmi Lee
• Hmong Political Involvement in St. Paul, Minnesota and Fresno, California by Yang Lor
• Understanding Barriers to Prevention of ntshav qab zib/nsthaav qaab zib: A Hmong perspective by Miguel A. Perez and Chia Thao
• Using Mammography Screening: Hmong Women's Perceptions and Beliefs by Pang Vang
• Commentary: Challenges and Complexity in the Re-Construction of Hmong History by Kou Yang
• A Photo Essay of the Hmong Experience at Wat Thamkrabok in Thailand by Pao Lor
• Book Review of The Latehomecomer by Lisa Dembouski

Volume 9, 2008

• Escape from Harm's Way: The Experiences of Southeast Asian Elders and their Families by Daniel F. Detzner, Aysem R. Senyurekli and Zha Blong Xiong
• Translating Research Findings Into a Hmong American Children's Book to Promote Understanding of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease by Linda A. Gerdner
• Hmong Parental Involvement and Support: A Comparison Between Families of High and Low Achieving High School Seniors by John Kha Lee and Katherine Green
• To Tell the Truth by Jacques Lemoine
• Qha Ke (Guiding the Way) From the Hmong Ntsu of China, 1943 by Nicholas Tapp
• The Power of the Spoken Word in Defining Religion and Thought: A Case Study by Hilary Watt
• A Critique of Timothy Vang's Hmong Religious Conversion and Resistance Study by Nao Xiong and Yang Sao Xiong
• Adolescents' Problem Behaviors and Parent-Adolescent Conflicts in Hmong Immigrant Families by Zha Blong Xiong, Arunya Tuicomepee and Kathyrn B. Rettig
• A Visit to the Hmong of Asia: Globalization and Ethnicity at the Dawn of the 21st Century by Kou Yang (Text)
• A Visit to the Hmong of Asia: Globalization and Ethnicity at the Dawn of the 21st Century by Kou Yang, Vol 9, 2008 (Photo Essay)

Volume 8, 2007

• Political Behavior and Candidate Emergence in the Hmong-American Community by Steven Doherty
• Diaspora and the Predicament of Origins: Interrogating Hmong Postcolonial History and Identity by Gary Yia Lee
  The self-rated social well-being of Hmong college students in Northern California by Serge C. Lee
• Constructing a Social Problem: Suicide, Acculturation and the Hmong by Paul Jesilow and Machiline Xiong
• The Transition of Wat Tham Krabok Hmong Children to Saint Paul Public Schools: Perspectives of Teachers, Principals, and Hmong Parents by Bic Ngo, Martha Bigelow and Kyla Wahlstrom
• Diabetes Knowledge, Beliefs, and Treatments in the Hmong Population: An Exploratory Study by Miguel A. Perez and Koua Cha
• Preliminary Study on Thalassemia Screening and Genetic Counseling in Selective Hmong People in Saraburi Province, Thailand by Pa Vang, Onuma Zongrum, Ratana Sindhuphak and Nikorn Dusitsin
• An Assessment of the Hmong American New Year and Its Implications for Hmong-American Culture by Kou Yang
• Financial Management in Hmong Immigrant Families: Change and Adaptation by Pa Nhia D. Yang and Catherine A. Solheim

Volume 7, 2006

• "`Die Another Day': A qualitative analysis of Hmong experiences with kidney stones" by Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, MD, MA and Mayseng Lee, MD, MPH
• "Food Preparation, Practices, and Safety In The Hmong Community" by Miguel A. Pérez,  PhD, CHES; Long Julah Moua, MPH, REHS and Helda Pinzon-Perez, PhD, RN, CHES
• "Knowledge of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Among Hmong Populations In Central California" by Teng Vang, MPH and Helda Pinzon-Perez, PhD, RN, CHES
• "Learning from the experiences of Hmong mental health providers" by Linda Gensheimer, PhD
• "Coming Home? The Integration of Hmong Refugees from Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, into American Society" by Grit Grigoleit, MA
• "Developing Culturally Sensitive Parent Education Programs for Immigrant Families: The Helping Youth Succeed Curriculum" by Zha Blong Xiong, PhD; Daniel F. Detzner, PhD; Zoe Hendrickson Keuster, BA; Patricia A. Eliason, MA and Rose Allen, MEd.
• "From a Refugee Camp to the Minnesota State Senate: A Case Study of a Hmong American Woman's Challenge" by Taeko Yoshikawa
• "The Texas Two-Step, Hmong Style: A Delicate Dance Between Culture and Ethnicity" by Faith Nibbs
• "Dreaming Across the Oceans: Globalization and Cultural Reinvention in the Hmong Diaspora" by Gary Y. Lee, Ph.D.
• "The Meeting with Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy A Case Study of Syncretism in the Hmong System of Beliefs" by Kao-Ly Yang, Ph.D.
• "Why Would We Want Those Students Here?': Bridges and Barriers to Building Campus Community Partnerships" by Vincent K. Her, PhD and Mary Louise Buley-Meissner, PhD

Volume 6, 2005

• "Who is Hmong? Questions and Evidence from the U.S. Census" by Wayne Carroll and Victoria Udalova
• "Hmong and Lao Refugee Women: Reflections of a Hmong-American Woman Anthropologist" by Dia Cha
• "Hmong Resettlement in French Guiana" by Patrick F. Clarkin
• "The Myth of Sonom, the Hmong King" by Robert Entenmann
• "Hmong Cosmology: Proposed Model, Preliminary Insights" by Vincent K. Her
• "The Shaping of Traditions: Agriculture and Hmong Society" by Gary Yia Lee
• "What is the actual number of the (H)mong in the World" by Jacques Lemoine
• "Hmong Refugee's Death Fugue" by Sheng-mei Ma
• "Continuing the promise: Recruiting and preparing Hmong-American educators for Central Wisconsin" by Leslie McClain-Ruelle and Kao Xiong
• "Southeast Asian Fathers' Experiences with Adolescents: Challenges and Change" by Zha Blong Xiong and Daniel F. Detzner
• "Research Notes from the Field: Tracing the Path of the Ancestors – A Visit to the Hmong in China" by Kou Yang

Volume 5, 2004-05

• "Medical, Racist, and Colonial Constructions of Power: Creating the Asian American Patient and the Cultural Citizen in Anne Fadiman's The Spirt Catches You and You Fall Down" by Monica Chiu
• "Hmong Transnational Identity: the Gendering of Contested Discourses" by Roberta Julian
• "Caught Between Cultures: Hmong Parents in America's Sibling Society" by Tamara L. Kaiser
• "Hmong-American K-12 Students and the Academic Skills Needed for a College Education: A Review of the Existing Literature and Suggestions for Future Research" by Christopher T. Vang
• "Hmong Parents' Perceptions on Instructional Strategies for Educating their Children with Disabilities" by Halee Vang and Manuel T. Barrera
• "Southeast Asian Adolescents' Perceptions of Immigrant Parenting Practices" by Zha Blong Xiong, Daniel F. Detzner and Michael J. Cleveland

Volume 4, 2003

• "The Hmong 'Dab Pog Couple' Story and its Significance in Arriving at an Understanding of Hmong Ritual” by Dia Cha
• “Migration of Hmong to Rochester, Minnesota: Life in the Midwest” by Cathleen Jo Faruque
• “Contradictions in Learning how to be Thai: A Case Study of a Young Hmong Woman” by Tracy Pilar Johnson-Messenger
• “Hmong Americans: A Review of Felt Needs, Problems, and Community by Kou Yang
• “Hmong of Germany: Preliminary Report on the Resettlement of Lao Hmong Refugees in Germany” by Tou T. Yang

Volume 3, 2000

• "Ethnic Tourism -- A Helicopter from "Huge Graveyard" to Paradise?: Social impacts of ethnic tourism development on the minority community in Guizhou Province, South-West China" by Xiaoping Wu
• "Warlord (From Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat: The Hmong and America's Secret War in Laos)", Keith Quincy
• "The passing of a Hmong Pioneer: Nhiavu Lobliayao (Nyiaj Vws Lauj Npliaj Yob), 1915-1999" by Kou Yang
• "Literacy and L'Armee Clandestine: The Writings of the Hmong Military Scribes" by John Duffy
• "Recent Research and Publications on the Hmong: 1995-1999" by Anne Frank

Vol. 2, No. 2, 1998

• "The Hmong and Health Care in Merced County, California" by Miriam Warner and Marilyn Mochel
• "Practicing Modern Medicine: "A little medicine, a little neeb" (Review of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman) by Yeng Yang
• "Repatriation: How Safe Is It?" by Joseph Davy
• "A Mosaic of Voices" (Review of I Begin My Life All Over: The Hmong and the American Immigrant Experience by Lillian Faderman) by Robin Vue-Benson
• "Recent Research and Publications on the Hmong: 1995-1998", by Anne Frank

Vol. 2, No. 1, 1997

• "The Hmong Qeej: Speaking to the Spirit World" by Gayle Morrison
• "The Thousand-Year Myth: Construction and Characterization of Hmong" by Mai Na M. Lee
• "Por Thao's Funeral (documentary photo essay)" - Text - by Joseph Davy
• "Por Thao's Funeral (documentary photo essay)" - Photos by Joseph Davy
• "The Hmong Cultural Repertoire: Explaining Cultural Variation Within an Ethnic Group" by Jeremy Hein
• "Growing Up Hmong American: Truancy Policy and Girls" by MayKao Hang
• "Recent Research and Publications" by Anne Frank and Robin Vue-Benson (compilers)

Vol. 1, No. 2, 1997

• "Labor-Force Participation Among Southeast Asian Refugee-Immigrants: An Update on 1975 to 1984 Entrants" by Howard Berkson
• "Hmong Mens' Adaptation to Life in the United States" by Kou Yang
• "The Xiong Family: A Documentary Photo Essay" by Joseph Davy
• "Recent Research and Publications on the Hmong (1994-1997)" by Anne Frank and Robin Vue-Benson (compilers)
• "Through the Spirits Door (Book Review)" by Robin Vue-Benson

Vol. 1, No. 1, 1996

• "Upon Meeting the Ancestors: The Hmong Funeral Ritual in Asia and Australia" by Catherine Falk
• "Cultural Identity In Post-Modern Society: Reflections on What is a Hmong?" by Gary Yia Lee
• "Visualizing Change Through Interactive Photography: Transforming Identities, Transforming Research" by Sharon Bays
• "Recent Research and Publications on the Hmong (1994-1996)" by Anne Frank
• "Introduction to Hmong Studies Journal" by Robin Vue-Benson