Chia Youyee Vang

Chia Youyee Vang is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research and writing deals with the Hmong diaspora, other Southeast Asian diasporas and refugees and on community-building efforts among Hmong people in the United States.

Vang is the author of the books ''Hmong in Minnesota'' and ''Hmong America : reconstructing community in diaspora''. She is also the co-editor of ''Claiming Place: On the Agency of Hmong Women.'' ''Hmong in America'' has been described as "the first scholarly examination of the Hmong experience in the U.S." Provided by Wikipedia