ERIC Number: EJ1392634
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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Our HMoob American College "Paj Ntaub": Student-Engaged Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) as Counter-Invisibility Work
Smolarek, Bailey B.; Wolfgram, Matthew; Vang, Mai Neng; Xiong, Choua P.; Lee, Lena; Lee, Pangzoo; Thao, Myxee; Vang, Kia; Xiong, Pa Kou; Xiong, Odyssey; Xiong, Pheechai
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v36 n6 p1018-1038 2023
This article presents the institutional and historical context, methods, findings, and action-consequences of 'Our HMoob American College Paj Ntaub,' a qualitative, student-led Participatory Action Research (PAR) project documenting the sociocultural and institutional factors that influence HMoob American college students' experiences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Drawing on concepts from Asian Critical Race Theory (AsianCrit), we identify sociocultural and institutional processes that misrepresent and erase HMoob American experiences, producing a profound and troubling experience of institutional invisibility which has serious consequences for students' wellbeing and educational attainment. However, we also document that student-led PAR research can be an effective means of enacting what we term 'counter-invisibility work,' by producing compelling counter-narratives that expand social networks for activism, outreach, and policy enactment.
Descriptors: College Students, Student Research, Participatory Research, Action Research, Asian American Students, Critical Race Theory, Equal Education, Hmong People, Well Being, Educational Attainment, Social Networks, Educational Policy, Predominantly White Institutions, Racism
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin (Madison)
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