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Yvonne Y Kwan
Title PhD Candidate
Division Social Sciences Division
Department Sociology Department
Phone 831-459-3516 (msg)
Email
Office College Eight, Room 128
Office Hours by appt.
Campus Mail Stop College Eight Faculty Services
Mail 1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA
95064
Research Interests
race and ethnicity; critical race studies and education; Southeast Asian diaspora; language, culture, and identity; trauma (especially Cambodian Americans and intergenerational transmission of trauma), memory, and affect

Biography, Education and Training
University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
PhD Candidate, Sociology, 2009-present
Advanced to candidacy in Summer 2012 – QE Committee: Dr. Hiroshi Fukurai (Chair), Dr. Dana Takagi, Dr. Kimberly Lau, and Dr. Julie Bettie.

University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
Master of Arts in Sociology, 2011
Thesis: “The Way We Speak Defines Our Culture”: Heritage Language Maintenance and Loss Among 1.5 and Second Generation Hmong American College Students

University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
Faculty Advisor: Don T. Nakanishi
Master of Arts in Social Sciences and Comparative Education: Race and Ethnic Studies in Education, 2009

University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and Psychology, 2008
Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Research Scholar
Cum laude and distinguished honors in Ethnic Studies

Honors, Awards and Grants
University of California, Santa Cruz
2011-2012 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (given by Social Sciences Division)
Regent’s Fellowship (Sociology Dept. Research and Travel Award) (2010, 2012)
Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship (2009-2015)

University of California, San Diego
Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Research Program Summer Scholarship (2008)
Department of Ethnic Studies Honors Distinction (2008)
Warren College Provost’s Honors (2005-2008)
Robert C. Byrd Scholarship (2004-2008)
UCSD Grant (2004-2006)
Cal National Bank Scholarship (2004)
Elks Lodge Scholarship (2004)
Baldwin Park and San Gabriel Valley Women’s Club Scholarships (2004)
Tylenol Scholarship (2004)
Walmart Scholarship (2004)

Selected Publications
Kwan, Yvonne. 2011. “Intergenerational Refugee Resiliency” in Navigating the Great Recession: Immigrant Families’ Stories of Resilience (1st edition), edited by A. Sanchez-Munoz, G. Masequesmay, E. Shrake, and T. Buenavista. Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Selected Presentations
“An Affective Approach to Methodology: Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Study Transgenerational Trauma.” – scheduled to present at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference, “Methodologies, Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative” session, New York, NY, 2013

“A Historical Genealogy of Transgenerational Trauma: Making the Case for Cambodian Americans” – scheduled to present at the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Conference, Seattle, WA, 2013

“Encountering Memory and Trauma: Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma in Second Generation Cambodian American Refugees.” – presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference, Reno, NV, 2013

“An Affective Approach to Moving Sociological Methods.” – presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference, Reno, NV, 2013

“Multiple Indicators/Introduction to Factor Analysis” – Sociology 204, Graduate Quantitative/Statistical Methods, guest lecture for a course taught by Dr. Hiroshi Fukurai at University of California, Santa Cruz, Fall 2012

“‘The Way We Speak Defines Our Culture’: Language Practices and the Politics of Belonging Among Hmong American College-Students” – presented at Critical Race Studies in Education Association Conference, New York, NY, 2012

“Postmemory and Affect: Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma” – presented at Pacific Sociological Association Conference, San Diego, CA, 2012

Teaching Interests
Teaching fellow/associate-in Sociology
Socy 10 - Issues And Problems In American Society (Summer 2012 and 2013)

TA Trainer: 2012-13

Teaching Assistant, UCSC
Socy 1 - Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2012, 2013)
Socy 10 - Issues And Problems In American Society (Summer 2011)
Socy 103A - Statistical Methods (Winter 2011, 2012, 2013)
Socy 103B -The Logic And Methods Of Social Inquiry (Spring 2011)
Socy 105A - Classical Sociological Theory (Summer 2011, Fall 2012)
Socy 128I/Lgst 128I - Race and Justice (Fall 2011)

Reader
Socy 169 - Social Inequality (Winter 2013)

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