FACS Classes I have taught
- FACS 50
- The Family and Social Issues (Web Based and Web
Enhanced Options)
- FACS
150- Family Stress and Coping (Multicultural
Focus). (Web Based)
- FACS 166a/ETHN 166- Indigenous Families: Issues and
Perspectives
- FACS 166b/ETHN 167- Asian American Families: Issues
and Perspectives
Publications and Presentations
Article, Serving Rural Asian American and Hispanic
Families and Their Communities: A Call for a Rural Paradigm
Shift. Submitted to the Journal
of Extension in April, 2002.
Book Review, of Resiliency Across Contexts for
Family
Relations. Expected Publication 2003
Chapter, "Positive Youth Development in Urban
American Indian Youth". In Community Youth Development for
Sage. Expected publication 2003.
Guest Editor, Special Issue Focussing on American
Indian Families, American
Behavioral Scientist, May 2001.
Chapter, "Contemporary Issues in the Urban American
Indian Family" in Family
Ethnicity (2nd Edition) ed. Harriet McAdoo
for Sage 1998.
Chapter, "Community Mental Health Issues
in Socio-Cultural Context: The Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians" in Tribal Plan of the
Confederated Tribes 6/97.
Chapter, "American Indian Families" in
Families in Cultural Context: Strengths and Challenges
in Diversity ed. Mary K. DeGenova for Mayfield
1997.
Presentations
Presider, For the NCFR national conference,
"Ethnic Identity for Adolescents and Adults" November,
2002.
Presenter, For the NCFR national conference, "How to
Teach Family Website Evaluation". November, 2002.
Guest Speaker, For the American Indian Education
Parent Committee of the Elk Grove Unified School District
Spring Gathering. May, 2002.
Resource Roundtable, For the NCFR national
conference, "Section Communication Using Electronic Media"
November, 2001.
Discussant, For the NCFR national conference,
"Intergenerational Stress in Diverse Ethnic Families."
November, 2001.
Presider, For the NCFR national conference,
"Adolescence/Family Processes" November, 2000.
Guest Speaker, For the Sacramento Federal Bureau of
Reclamation Asian/Pacific Heritage Month. "Asian American
multiracial identity". May 2000.
Co -Presenter for the NCFR national
conference. "Getting
to the Heart: Teaching Family Stress Theory and Family
Diversity Through Popular Literature." a teaching round
table. Nov. 1999.
Facilitator for the NCFR national
conference. "Immigration, Politics, and the Family in Latino
and Asian American Communities" a panel discussion. Nov.
1996
Presenter, for the Oregon Social Learning Center.
"Emerging Issues in American Indian Family Research". April,
1996.
Poster, for the NCFR national conference. "American
Indian Intermarried Families: A Focus Group Study".
November, 1995.
Paper, for National Association for Chicano Studies
national conference. "European American characteristics of
support for Latino/Chicano People". March, 1995.
Poster, for the
NCFR National Conference. "Parental Involvement and Maternal
Satisfaction In
American Indian and Non-Indian Families". November,
1994.
Paper for Learneds/Northwest Council on Family
Relations conference. "Intermarriage: An Urban
Phenomenon of the People of Hawaii" June, 1994.
Speaker/Poster, Connections, an event of the Albina
Ministerial Alliance and the College of Home Ec. and Ed. of
OSU. African American outreach and student recruitment.
November, 1993.
Workshops, for the
Linn-Benton Oregon Association for the Ed. of Young Children
(OAEYC)
Conference(s). "Learn More About Native American Project
Ideas".10/93 &10/94.
Professional
Organizations/Activity:
National
Council on Family Relations
(NCFR)
California
Council on Family Relations
- Certified
Family Life Educator (2000- Present)
- California Council on Family Relations President
(2000-2001)
- NCFR Public Policy Committee Member
(2000-Present);Vice Chair (2001)
- Ethnic
Minority Section:
Student / New Professional Rep. (Appointed 1993-1994;
Elected 1994-1996).
Secretary / Treasurer/Webmaster (1998-2000).
Webmaster (2000-Present)
- Action for Diversity Committee Member 1996-1998;
1998-2000
- 1995 NCFR National Conference Local Arrangements
Planning Committee
Student Assistance Subcommittee Chair
- Task Force on the Future of NCFR Conferences
1994-1995.
- 1994-1996,1998-2002 NCFR Conf. Paper/Presentation
Reviewer
- 2002
Annual Media Awards
Competition Judge.
- Journal
of Adolescent Research, Manuscript Consulting Editor
(1998- Present)
- Sasakawa Fellow, sponsored by the Nippon Foundation
and AASCU
(2001)
Economic and Social Research Council, Grant Application
Reviewer (2000),
Mayfield Publishing Company, Manuscript Reviewer
(2000),
Journal of Teaching Marriage and Family, Manuscript
Reviewer (2001),
National
Association for Chicano Studies.
Cultural
Organizations:
Japanese
American Citizens League, Florin
Chapter
--Vice President & Webmaster (2000, 2001)
Capital Area Indian Resources of Sacramento, CA
(1998)
Syracuse U. Original United Front Faculty Advisor (1997)
OSU Asian Cultural Center (Advisory Board 1992-1996),
Multicultural Assistance Program Board of Directors
(President 1995),
Asociacion Cultural Latinoamericana (ACCLAMA) of Corvallis
Board,
Tcha Ti Man Wis Singers (OSU American Indian Drum) ,
Hapa Issues
Forum
Teaching/Research
Interests
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Teaching
Interests:
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Family Studies
Early Childhood to Adolescent Development
Multicultural Education and Ethnic Minority
Issues
Online Education
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Research
Interests:
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Intermarriage
Determinants of Parenting
Family Problem Solving
Youth and Family Policy
Ethnic Minority Families
Cultural Identity
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CSUS Activity:
Center for Family Studies
Center for Pacific/Asian Studies
FACS Dept Human Subjects Committee (Chair 1999-2000)
Liberal Studies/ WebCT Working Group/Learning Options
Curriculum Subcommittee of the
Faculty
Senate Curriculum Policy Committee (2000-2002)
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