NAAPAE/CTA-PAAC Conference
Long Beach, California
April 3-5, 2003

"Weaving Our Collective Strength."

Tentative Conference Schedule
   Thursday, April 3, 2003
5:00pm-
7:00pm 		Registration - Hotel Lobby
6:30pm Reception - Britannia
Convenor - Jenny Chomori

Welcome - Mitzie Tanouchi and Dorothy Chu

Greetings
    - Cliff Kusaba, President, Teachers Association of Long Beach
    - Warren Furutani
7:00pm-
9:00pm 		Music - Poly High School Chamber Music
      Tim Kusaba - violin
      Karen Peters - cello
      Jacqueline Skara - viola
      Chrysanthe Tan - violin

   Friday, April 4, 2003
7:30am-
4:30pm

Registration - Hotel Lobby

8:00am-
9:15am 		General Session - Grand Salon
Continental Breakfast

Convenor - Dr. Terpsi Tan

Welcome Greetings
    - NAAPAE    Sally Chou, Past President
    - CTA-PAAC    Dorothy Chu, Chairperson
    - CLMER    David Ramirez, Executive Director

Featured Speaker - Dr. Bonita Chamberlin
"Cultures on Edge: An Open Look at Cultural Diversity Around the World from Personal Experience"

Conference Logistics - Bruce Lee
  • University Credit
  • Professional Growth Hours


9:30am-
11:00am 		Concurrent Sessions A
  1. "APA Labor History"
    - Kent Wong, Esq.

  2. "Uniting the Village: Pacific Islander Student Achievement"
    - Dr. Victor Thompson

  3. "The Lonely Queue: The Forgotten History of Chinese Americans in Southern California"
    - Icy Smith

    "At Exclusion's Gate: Changing Categories of Race and Class among Chinese Fronterizos, 1890-1900"
    - Dr. Grace Delgado

  4. "REAL Communication through International Global Learning Networks"
    - Carla B. de Herrera

    "U.S. Collaborations in East Asia and Southeast Asia for English Language Reform and Bilingual Web-Enhanced Language Learning: Relevance to Community-Based Initiatives"
    - Dr. David Ramirez,
    - Kevin Rocap

  5. "Developing Asian Heritage Languages in Philadelphia"
    - Margaret M. Chin

    "Khmer Heritage Language Programs and the Survival of the Khmer Language in the United States"
    - Wayne Wright
    - Darith Ung

    "Family and Cultural Influences on Learning: Lao and Cambodian Youth in the United States"
    - Dr. Terpsi Tan

  6. "Beyond Assimilation: A Reflection on Dating Patterns and Marital Preference of Korean American College Students"
    - Dr. Eunai Shrake

    "Why Do They Want to Be or Want Not to Be Teachers?: A Study of Korean-American College Students"
    - Dr. Songmi Kim

    "Educating Korean American Students"
    - Dr. Clara C. Park

    "The Effect of Authoritarian Parenting on Adolescents' Problem Behaviors: A Case of Korean Americans"
    - Dr. Eunai Shrake

11:30am-
1:15pm 		General Session - Grand Salon
11:30am-12:00pm Lunch
Convenor - Sally Chu

12:00pm-12:20pm
Greetings - Dr. Bob Maxson, CSULB President

12:00pm-12:20pm
Entertainment - Cambodian dancers

12:20pm-1:15pm
Speaker - Honorable Robert Underwood, former United States Representative from Guam

Raffle


1:30pm-
3:00pm 		Concurrent Sessions B
  1. "Youth Issues: Asian and Latino Gangs"
    - Long Beach PD, Westminster PD, Garden Grove PD

    "The Racialization of Street Gangs: The STEP Act of 1989"
    - Dr. Jose Lopez

  2. Asians in the Media
    - Guy Aoki

  3. "API and Hate Crimes"
    - Dennis Ming Wu

  4. "The Socio-Cultural Ramifications of Labor and Changing Political Economies"

    "Seeking Entry into the House of Labor: Japanese and Mexican Workers' Politics of Inclusion, Los Angeles, 1890-1933"
    - Dr. Luis L. Arroyo

    "The Racialization of Asian, Mexican American, and Puerto Rican Workers: 1890s-1930s"
    - Dr. Victor M. Rodriguez

    "Labor along the U.S.-Mexico Border"
    - Dr. Juan M. Benitez

    Exhibit Area
    "Using Dermatographics as a Tool for Study and Research
    - Dr. Mary (Tsui-Wan) Lai
    - Amy Zuo, interpreter

  5. "Issues of Chinese Long Distance Education in the U.S."
    - Dr. Tim Xie

    "Online Learning in Higher Education: Why the Absence of Asian American Studies?"
    - Barry S. Morinaka, Attorney at Law

    "Using Hybrid Technology to Teach Communication Skills in Japan"
    - Dr. Doric Little
    - Grace Ihara

  6. "Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education"
    - Dr. Jean L. Johnson

    "Access to Post-Secondary Education for Persons with Developmental Disabilities"
    - Dr. Robert C. Johnson

    "Celebrating Family Perspectives through Collaborative Service Learning"
    - Dr. Katherine Ratliffe

3:15pm-
4:45pm 		Concurrent Session C

  1. "Farewell to Manzanar"
    - Jenny Chomori
    - Richard Katsuda
    - Kathy Gil

  2. "Strategies and Resources for Schools Impacted by the 'No Child Left Behind Act'"
    - Betty Jeung
    - Marlene Fong

    "Need Information and Resouces for Educating ELL Students Under NCLB?"
    - Hsiao Liu

  3. "Re-conceptualizing Asian Pacific American History"
    - Dr. Linda España-Maram
    - Dr. Franklin Odo
    - Dr. Henry Yu

  4. "Asian Pacific Americans at the City College of San Francisco: Changing Patterns, Changing Needs"
    - Dr. Minh-Hoa Ta
    - Chuong Hoang Chung

    "From Concentration Camp to Classroom: Writing as Healing in Counselor Education Curiculum"
    - Dr. Joanne Tortorici Luna
    - Liv Aung

  5. "Pedagogy, Community, and Negotiating the Rush Hour on the 405 FWY: Lessons from Community Service Learning Courses"
    - Dr. Dean Toji
    - Dr. Carol Itatani
    - Dr. Barbara Kim
    - Dr. Juan Benitez
    - Dr. Rowena Robles

  6. "Learning through Community Services: Strengthening Heritage Learners and Teacher Training"
    - Dr. Hiroko Kataoka
    - Dr. Masako O. Douglas

    "The Expatriate Experience: Culture Shock and Reentry Anxiety among Japanese Students and Parents in California"
    - Dr. Yumi Miyamoto

    "Identity Negotiation in (Re)Learning a Native Language"
    - Linda Trinh Pham

   Friday Evening, April 4, 2003
6:30pm-
9:00pm 		Banquet - Grand Gardent Restaurant in Little Saigon, Westminster

7:00pm-
7:20pm 		Program
Convenor - Dr. John Tsuchida

Keynote Address - California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin


   Saturday, April 5, 2003
8:00am-
9:15am 		General Session - Britannia
9:30am-
11:00am 		Concurrent Session D
  1. Pacific Islander Panel
    - Dr. Michael M. Omizo
    - Dr. Carrie Pickerel-Brooks
    - Benjamin Erwin

  2. South Asian Student panel

  3. APA Movement
    4. - Dr. Glenn Omatsu

  4. Perceptions & Images about Asian Americans
    5. - Jenny Chomori
    - Melissa Rogers

  5. "Cultural Literacy v. Literary Knowledge among Latinos at CSULB"

    "Cultural Sensitivity in Rubrics"
    - Gladys Garcia

    "English 100 at CSULB"
    - Dr. Mark T. Williams

    "Is Folklore Applicable within a Literary Academic Discourse?"
    - Edith Vasquez
    - Nestor Sylva

  6. "Making a Difference in Children's Dual-language Development: Asian BCLAD Teacher Credential Program"
    - Dr. Ping Liu
    - Dr. Sandra Chong
    - Dr. Diane Hembacher
    - Dr. Gloria Johannessen
    - Dr. Clara Park
    - Sunwha Choi

11:15am-
12:45pm 		Concurrent Session E
  1. "Vietanmese Curriculum OCAPICA"
    - Tran Tgoc Diep

  2. SE Asian Students

  3. "Telling Asian Pacific American History Through Foods: An Interactive Workshop"
    - Dr. Glenn Omatsu

  4. "Our Language, Our Root, Our Collective Identity - The Vietnamese American Communities and the Heritage Language Movement"
    - Dr. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam
    - QuyenDi Chuc Bui

    Tinh, "The Heart of Vietnam"

  5. APA Gay Issues Panel

    "Multiple Viewpoints of Homosexuality: Stories on the Issue of Sexual Orientation from Young Gays and Lesbians, Parents, and Ministers"
    - Paul Tsuneishi
    - Rev. Hidemi Ito
    - Sandy Tanzil

  6. "Historically, Socially, and Spatially Rethinking Racial Construction of Asian Americans"

    "How Asians Got on the Census: Geography and Racial Formation"
    - Dr. Dean Toji

    "Asian Americans as Victims and Success Stories - A Discursive Analysis of the Brian Ho v. SFUSD Lawsuit"
    - Rowena Robles

    "U.S. Regions and the Spatialization of Asian American Racial and Ethnic Identities"
    - Dr. Barbara Kim

1:00pm-
3:00pm 		General Session - Britannia
3:00pm-
4:30pm 		Concurrent Sessions F
  1. "Beyond the Classroom: University Life and Ethnic Identity through Student Organizations"

    "Exploring Ethnic Identity through an Ethnic Specific Student Organization: Filipino American University Student Perspectives"
    - Maria Dela Cruz Besnard

    "Filipino American Identity: Issues of Displacement, Cultural Competency, Language, and Family"
    - Lui Amador

    "Asian American University Students: Participation in Student Organizations"
    - Sunny Lee

  2. "Staff Development: The CLMER School Improvement Initiative Coaching Model"
    - Alejandro Morales
    - Leon Boyer
    - Cesar Chavez Elementary School Classroom Teachers

    "Stages of Cultural Assimilation and Surviving the Holocaust in Cambodia"
    - Alejandro Morales
    - Darith Ung

  3. "A Translated and Created Identity"
    - David Murayama
    - Dr. Chang Sheng Tai
    - Wooi-chin J-son

    "Bridging the Vocabulary Gap: Personalize the Learning Path"
    - PhuongChi Nguyen
    - Ekkehard Sprenger

  4. "Weaving Our Cultural Quilt: A Teaching Strategy for K-Adult Learners"
    - Dr. Sylven S. Beck
    - Edward A. Campana

    "Technology Integration: Seven Effective Principles for Principals of Elementary School"
    - Carol Klein

  5. "Factors Affecting Language Learning Strategy Use: A Study of EFL High School Students in Taiwan"
    - Yu-Ping (Sandra) Chang

    "A Profile Analysis of English Language Learners of Chinese Origin"
    - Dr. Grace Fung-Arto, Ph.D.

    "Restructuring Teaching in Elementary Schools: Lessons from a Comparative Study"
    - Dr. Justine Zhixin Su

  6. "Counseling Micronesian Adolescents"
    - Dr. Michael Omizo
    - Dr. Carrie Pickerel-Brooks
    - Benjamin Erwin