Kong Pheng Pha
Biographic Data
| ID | 819153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kong Pheng Pha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kong Pheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Pha |
| SIGNATURE | PHA K P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
STEM Pushout of HMoob American College Students at a Predominantly White Institution
War’s Returns: Refugee Archiving, Living, Refusing
This essay draws on the framework of countercommemoration to reflect on the fiftieth anniversary of Hmong presence in the US as a legacy of unresolved contradictions that highlights Hmong acts of archiving, living, and refusing. It approaches the analysis through an examination of community archiving at an organization called Hmong Museum, refugee testimonies, queer mentorship, and performance, and grassroots organizing to center how these …
STEM Asianization and the racialization of the educational experiences of Asian American college students
Bitterroot: Life in the mountains on fire
De-exceptionalizing Sunisa Lee: Uneven Gymnastics and a Hmong American State-less Critique
Hmong American gymnast Sunisa "Suni" Lee won the gold medal in the individual all-around event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This essay analyzes the media frenzy surrounding Lee's rise to Olympic stardom in US gymnastics. In particular, it focuses on how the media narrate Lee's family and Hmong ethnic history of being refugees to becoming an Olympic gold medalist. This essay deconstructs how the state exceptionalizes this history in the context of …
Two Hate Notes: Deportations, Covid-19, and Xenophobia against Hmong Americans in the Midwest
Two Hate NotesDeportations, COVID-19, and Xenophobia against Hmong Americans in the Midwest Kong Pheng Pha (bio) In February 2020, I received a xenophobic hate note in my campus mailbox regarding President Donald Trump's negotiations with the Lao government to deport Hmong living in the United States back to Laos. The hate note read: "Deport all Hmongs, Deport all illegal aliens HMONGS, ICE & CBP are law enforcement and should be obeyed, No room …
The Politics of Vernacular Activism: Hmong Americans Organizing for Social Justice in Minnesota
In 2012, queer Hmong Americans in Minnesota organized to defeat a state-wide ballot initiative that sought to constitutionally amended the definition of marriage in Minnesota to being a union solely between one man and one woman. This article examines a collective called Midwest Solidarity Movement and their strategies of employing a “vernacular activism” to defeat this ballot initiative. I also utilize personal reflections and participant observ…
De-exceptionalizing Sunisa Lee: Uneven Gymnastics and a Hmong American State-less Critique
Hmong American gymnast Sunisa "Suni" Lee won the gold medal in the individual all-around event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This essay analyzes the media frenzy surrounding Lee's rise to Olympic stardom in US gymnastics. In particular, it focuses on how the media narrate Lee's family and Hmong ethnic history of being refugees to becoming an Olympic gold medalist. This essay deconstructs how the state exceptionalizes this history in the context of …
The Politics of Vernacular Activism: Hmong Americans Organizing for Social Justice in Minnesota
In 2012, queer Hmong Americans in Minnesota organized to defeat a state-wide ballot initiative that sought to constitutionally amended the definition of marriage in Minnesota to being a union solely between one man and one woman. This article examines a collective called Midwest Solidarity Movement and their strategies of employing a “vernacular activism” to defeat this ballot initiative. I also utilize personal reflections and participant observ…
Two Hate Notes: Deportations, Covid-19, and Xenophobia against Hmong Americans in the Midwest
Two Hate NotesDeportations, COVID-19, and Xenophobia against Hmong Americans in the Midwest Kong Pheng Pha (bio) In February 2020, I received a xenophobic hate note in my campus mailbox regarding President Donald Trump's negotiations with the Lao government to deport Hmong living in the United States back to Laos. The hate note read: "Deport all Hmongs, Deport all illegal aliens HMONGS, ICE & CBP are law enforcement and should be obeyed, No room …
De-exceptionalizing Sunisa Lee: Uneven Gymnastics and a Hmong American State-less Critique
Hmong American gymnast Sunisa "Suni" Lee won the gold medal in the individual all-around event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This essay analyzes the media frenzy surrounding Lee's rise to Olympic stardom in US gymnastics. In particular, it focuses on how the media narrate Lee's family and Hmong ethnic history of being refugees to becoming an Olympic gold medalist. This essay deconstructs how the state exceptionalizes this history in the context of …
War’s Returns: Refugee Archiving, Living, Refusing
This essay draws on the framework of countercommemoration to reflect on the fiftieth anniversary of Hmong presence in the US as a legacy of unresolved contradictions that highlights Hmong acts of archiving, living, and refusing. It approaches the analysis through an examination of community archiving at an organization called Hmong Museum, refugee testimonies, queer mentorship, and performance, and grassroots organizing to center how these …
STEM Asianization and the racialization of the educational experiences of Asian American college students
Bitterroot: Life in the mountains on fire
STEM Pushout of HMoob American College Students at a Predominantly White Institution
Ethnic group (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)