| Meet the Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center Editor - Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD (Updated January 2010) |
Thank you for visiting my site - the Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center.
I became interested in the adaptation of Southeast Asian-origin immigrants and
refugees while working on my MA degree in Urban Studies at Temple University in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My MA thesis looked at Vietnamese institutions,
businesses, and residential settlement in the Argyle Street neighborhood of
Chicago, Illinois as well as several Philadelphia neighborhoods including South
Philadelphia, Kensington, Olney, Logan, West Philadelphia, Mount Moriah, and
Upper Darby. At the time of my MA research I also began tutoring Vietnamese
immigrant adults as a volunteer for an ESL program run at a Vietnamese Catholic
Church in South Philadelphia. This engaging experience further sharpened my
interest in Vietnamese American culture and the adaptation of Vietnamese people
to life in North America.
A few years later I moved on to Canada to pursue a PhD in Geography at the
University of Toronto. For my PhD dissertation, I broadly studied Vietnamese
adaptation in the Toronto metropolitan area and Southern Ontario. During my time
in Canada, I lived for 2 years with a Vietnamese family in the Downsview section
of Toronto. I also became very active tutoring Vietnamese youth who belonged to
a Vietnamese Catholic congregation. These terrific experiences informed my
writing and analysis in many ways.
From 2000-2006 I was proud to serve as the Director of the Hmong Resource
Center Library at the Hmong Cultural Center located in St. Paul, MN. In this
position, endowed with extremely limited financial resources, I was gifted to be
able to build an institution which is now the largest centralized collection of
Hmong-related academic materials in the United States. I am still active as an
advisor to the Hmong Cultural Center's staff and board.
My current research interests are centered upon Hmong, Vietnamese, Cambodian,
and Lao demography, socioeconomic incorporation and institution-building in North
America. I serve as editor of the Hmong Studies Journal and a Hmong Studies
newsletter and am a bibliographer of Hmong Studies research.
Scarecrow/Rowman Littlefield published my Hmong Studies bibliography in the Fall
of 2007. In 2009, I co-edited a compilation of Ah Hmao (Hua Miao) folk songs and
folk stories published by Lincom. I am currently working on editing a
comprehensive scholarly anthology of articles related to Hmong Americans.
I have also built a Vietnamese-Studies related website which includes census data,
extensive bibliographies, and an online research library and academic journal. The
Vietnamese Studies site may be visited by clicking on the link below.
From July 2006 through the present, I have been employed as an Academic
Librarian at Texas A and M University in Corpus Christi, Texas, a growing
university of 9,500 students in the Gulf Coast region of South Texas. In this
position, I work as a Reference Librarian, teach information literacy classes to
students, coordinate the library's database and resource guides and serve as a
liaison to the Education (Teacher Education, Educational Administration,
Kinesiology, Athletic Training, Counseling, Curriculum and Instruction and Special
Education) Geography, Geology, GIS and Criminal Justice programs. I am also
active in Librarianship as a Reviewer of Ethnic Studies, Geography and Urban
Studies books for CHOICE magazine and for Multicultural Review. Both CHOICE
and Multicultural Review are affiliated with the American Library Association. At
Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi I serve on the University's Faculty
Senate.
I strongly welcome your feedback and contributions to the Hmong Studies website
or any queries you may have.
Yours Sincerely,
Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
View Mark's Curriculum Vitae
View some newspaper articles (old and more recent) about Mark's work
View Some of Mark's Research Publications
View 8 years of issues of Mark's Hmong Studies Research Newsletter
Visit the Hmong Cultural Center Website
Visit Mark's Hmong Studies Site (including the Hmong Studies Journal)
Visit the LearnaboutHmong Website of which Mark is the Editor
Visit the WWW Hmong Homepage of which Mark is the Editor
Visit Mark's Vietnamese Studies Website
View Mark's Hmong Studies Research Message Board
Visit the Hmong Studies Journal's Facebook Page
Visit the Hmong Studies Journal's Twitter Page
Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
Bell Library
Texas A and M University
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5702
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5702
361-825-3392 (Office)
editor@hmongstudies.org
I became interested in the adaptation of Southeast Asian-origin immigrants and
refugees while working on my MA degree in Urban Studies at Temple University in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My MA thesis looked at Vietnamese institutions,
businesses, and residential settlement in the Argyle Street neighborhood of
Chicago, Illinois as well as several Philadelphia neighborhoods including South
Philadelphia, Kensington, Olney, Logan, West Philadelphia, Mount Moriah, and
Upper Darby. At the time of my MA research I also began tutoring Vietnamese
immigrant adults as a volunteer for an ESL program run at a Vietnamese Catholic
Church in South Philadelphia. This engaging experience further sharpened my
interest in Vietnamese American culture and the adaptation of Vietnamese people
to life in North America.
A few years later I moved on to Canada to pursue a PhD in Geography at the
University of Toronto. For my PhD dissertation, I broadly studied Vietnamese
adaptation in the Toronto metropolitan area and Southern Ontario. During my time
in Canada, I lived for 2 years with a Vietnamese family in the Downsview section
of Toronto. I also became very active tutoring Vietnamese youth who belonged to
a Vietnamese Catholic congregation. These terrific experiences informed my
writing and analysis in many ways.
From 2000-2006 I was proud to serve as the Director of the Hmong Resource
Center Library at the Hmong Cultural Center located in St. Paul, MN. In this
position, endowed with extremely limited financial resources, I was gifted to be
able to build an institution which is now the largest centralized collection of
Hmong-related academic materials in the United States. I am still active as an
advisor to the Hmong Cultural Center's staff and board.
My current research interests are centered upon Hmong, Vietnamese, Cambodian,
and Lao demography, socioeconomic incorporation and institution-building in North
America. I serve as editor of the Hmong Studies Journal and a Hmong Studies
newsletter and am a bibliographer of Hmong Studies research.
Scarecrow/Rowman Littlefield published my Hmong Studies bibliography in the Fall
of 2007. In 2009, I co-edited a compilation of Ah Hmao (Hua Miao) folk songs and
folk stories published by Lincom. I am currently working on editing a
comprehensive scholarly anthology of articles related to Hmong Americans.
I have also built a Vietnamese-Studies related website which includes census data,
extensive bibliographies, and an online research library and academic journal. The
Vietnamese Studies site may be visited by clicking on the link below.
From July 2006 through the present, I have been employed as an Academic
Librarian at Texas A and M University in Corpus Christi, Texas, a growing
university of 9,500 students in the Gulf Coast region of South Texas. In this
position, I work as a Reference Librarian, teach information literacy classes to
students, coordinate the library's database and resource guides and serve as a
liaison to the Education (Teacher Education, Educational Administration,
Kinesiology, Athletic Training, Counseling, Curriculum and Instruction and Special
Education) Geography, Geology, GIS and Criminal Justice programs. I am also
active in Librarianship as a Reviewer of Ethnic Studies, Geography and Urban
Studies books for CHOICE magazine and for Multicultural Review. Both CHOICE
and Multicultural Review are affiliated with the American Library Association. At
Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi I serve on the University's Faculty
Senate.
I strongly welcome your feedback and contributions to the Hmong Studies website
or any queries you may have.
Yours Sincerely,
Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
View Mark's Curriculum Vitae
View some newspaper articles (old and more recent) about Mark's work
View Some of Mark's Research Publications
View 8 years of issues of Mark's Hmong Studies Research Newsletter
Visit the Hmong Cultural Center Website
Visit Mark's Hmong Studies Site (including the Hmong Studies Journal)
Visit the LearnaboutHmong Website of which Mark is the Editor
Visit the WWW Hmong Homepage of which Mark is the Editor
Visit Mark's Vietnamese Studies Website
View Mark's Hmong Studies Research Message Board
Visit the Hmong Studies Journal's Facebook Page
Visit the Hmong Studies Journal's Twitter Page
Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
Bell Library
Texas A and M University
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5702
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5702
361-825-3392 (Office)
editor@hmongstudies.org
