HMONG AMERICAN EXPERIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase awareness of how historical circumstances such as the U.S. Secret War in Laos impacted the lives of Hmong Americans. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how racial privilege and dominance works to marginalize Hmong American experiences and to generate one-dimensional accounts of the Hmong in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand how racial incorporation and political mobilization have contributed to empowering Hmong Americans to contest their marginalization and to develop nuanced representations of their experiences in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase awareness of how historical circumstances such as the U.S. Secret War in Laos impacted the lives of Hmong Americans. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how racial privilege and dominance works to marginalize Hmong American experiences and to generate one-dimensional accounts of the Hmong in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand how racial incorporation and political mobilization have contributed to empowering Hmong Americans to contest their marginalization and to develop nuanced representations of their experiences in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate