MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS
(select list)
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Research
and fieldwork conducted in various communities: Latinos (in and out of
US), Southeast Asian, Hmong, Russian Refugees, and Alaskan Natives |
Applied Anthropology Fieldwork on public health policies
related to Latino alcohol & substance abuse affecting family and school life
Hayward, California
Family-School Connections in Latinos (in and out of US), Russian Refugees,
and Alaskan Natives
Carpinteria, California and other communities
Home and school relationships: The role of the family in education
Carpinteria, California and other communities
Community Environmental Public Health Perspective
in Education
Northern California
Effective Family, School, Community Partnerships
El Paso, Texas
Storytelling
In ethnically diverse southern and northern California
Supported by the Chicana/Latina Research Center
University of California, Davis
Sociocultural adjustment of Hmong families
Isla Vista, California
Symbolic nature of parental involvement and court decided policy in Latino, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Mien communities
Oakland, California
Ethnographic account of the uses of literacy for personal and employment needs
San Jose, California
Teaching ethnographic research methodology to Alaskan Native Students
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
Family-school factors in academic success and failure of high school Hispanic students
Commerce City, Colorado
Family literacy and socialization of children to school
Redwood City, California