Asian American Voices offers an in-depth analysis of Asian American’s experiences in nursing education. It assembles reflections and intellectual dialogues for educators across disciplines and setting. It covers topics that reflect the authors’ experience teaching and working within this complex, multicultural community and their determination to empower Asian American nursing students within the context of higher education.
Using research, personal experiences, models, and strategies the authors strive to enhance Asian American students’ interest in higher education and to offer future practitioners the knowledge to provide culturally competent care. This text is a timely resource for faculty and administrators who want to achieve diversity in higher education and to provide learning environments that stimulate all students to grow intellectually, culturally, and socially.
Using research, personal experiences, models, and strategies the authors strive to enhance Asian American students’ interest in higher education and to offer future practitioners the knowledge to provide culturally competent care. This text is a timely resource for faculty and administrators who want to achieve diversity in higher education and to provide learning environments that stimulate all students to grow intellectually, culturally, and socially.
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the dean and professor of nursing at the Loewenberg School of Nursing at University of Memphis. Dr. Zhan is a Fellow of American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and her program of research focuses on Quality of Life of older adults and ethnic minorities. She has taught nursing from the BSN to the PhD level courses and has published near 100 articles and edited five books. Dr. Zhan has received numerous awards for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education such as the Extraordinary Leadership Award by the New Jersey Asian American Human and Health Services and an Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education award from the National League for Nursing.
Dr. Zhan served as a consultant for Partner Harvard Medical International (Boston, MA) in an effort to establish a College of Nursing and Midwifery and Institute of Health Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan. She also consults for the Square College of Nursing in Bangladesh.
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the dean and professor of nursing at the Loewenberg School of Nursing at University of Memphis. Dr. Zhan is a Fellow of American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and her program of research focuses on Quality of Life of older adults and ethnic minorities. She has taught nursing from the BSN to the PhD level courses and has published near 100 articles and edited five books. Dr. Zhan has received numerous awards for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education such as the Extraordinary Leadership Award by the New Jersey Asian American Human and Health Services and an Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education award from the National League for Nursing.
Dr. Zhan served as a consultant for Partner Harvard Medical International (Boston, MA) in an effort to establish a College of Nursing and Midwifery and Institute of Health Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan. She also consults for the Square College of Nursing in Bangladesh.
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the dean and professor of nursing at the Loewenberg School of Nursing at University of Memphis. Dr. Zhan is a Fellow of American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and her program of research focuses on Quality of Life of older adults and ethnic minorities. She has taught nursing from the BSN to the PhD level courses and has published near 100 articles and edited five books. Dr. Zhan has received numerous awards for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education such as the Extraordinary Leadership Award by the New Jersey Asian American Human and Health Services and an Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education award from the National League for Nursing.
Dr. Zhan served as a consultant for Partner Harvard Medical International (Boston, MA) in an effort to establish a College of Nursing and Midwifery and Institute of Health Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan. She also consults for the Square College of Nursing in Bangladesh.
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the dean and professor of nursing at the Loewenberg School of Nursing at University of Memphis. Dr. Zhan is a Fellow of American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and her program of research focuses on Quality of Life of older adults and ethnic minorities. She has taught nursing from the BSN to the PhD level courses and has published near 100 articles and edited five books. Dr. Zhan has received numerous awards for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education such as the Extraordinary Leadership Award by the New Jersey Asian American Human and Health Services and an Outstanding Leadership in Nursing and Education award from the National League for Nursing.
Dr. Zhan served as a consultant for Partner Harvard Medical International (Boston, MA) in an effort to establish a College of Nursing and Midwifery and Institute of Health Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan. She also consults for the Square College of Nursing in Bangladesh.
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
Dedications
Chapter 1: Culture, Health, and Nursing Education
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chapter 2: A Thematic Analysis of Persistence and Long-Term Educational Engagement with Southeast Asian American College Students
Peter Nien-chu Kiang, EdD
Chapter 3: A Critical Analysis of the Exclusion of Asian American from Higher Education Research and Discourse
Samuel D. Museus, PhD
Chapter 4: Mentoring Asian Students toward Entering the Health Professions
Ivy K. Ho, PhD & Khanh T. Dinh, PhD
Chapter 5: Diversity Research Initiatives: Reflection and Thoughts
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chapter 6: Chinese American Children, Families, and Special Education
Lusa Lo, EdD
Chapter 7: Bridging the Broken Narrative: How Student-Centered Teaching Contributes to Healing the Wounds of Trauma
Nancy J. Lin, MA & Karen L. Suyemoto, PhD
Chapter 8: Community Cultural Development and Education with Cambodian American Youth
Shirley Suet-ling Tang, PhD
Chapter 9: Ca Tri Nho : Roles of Vietnamese American Studies and Education Post-Katrina
James Dien Bui, MSW & Peter Nien-chu Kiang, edD & Shirley Suet-ling, Tang, PhD & Janet Hong, Vo, BA
Chapter 10: Asaian American Models of Leadership and Leadership Development in US Higher Education
Patricia Akemi Neilson, EdD, MPH
Chapter 11: Integrating Disciplines for Transformative Education in Health Services: Strategies and Effects
Karen L. Suyemoto, PhD & John Tawa, MA & Grace S. Kim, PhD & Stephanie C. Day, MA & Susan A. Lambe, EdM & Phuong T. Nguyen, MA Julie M. AhnAllen, PhD
Appendix A: Author Profiles
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
Dedications
Chapter 1: Culture, Health, and Nursing Education
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chapter 2: A Thematic Analysis of Persistence and Long-Term Educational Engagement with Southeast Asian American College Students
Peter Nien-chu Kiang, EdD
Chapter 3: A Critical Analysis of the Exclusion of Asian American from Higher Education Research and Discourse
Samuel D. Museus, PhD
Chapter 4: Mentoring Asian Students toward Entering the Health Professions
Ivy K. Ho, PhD & Khanh T. Dinh, PhD
Chapter 5: Diversity Research Initiatives: Reflection and Thoughts
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chapter 6: Chinese American Children, Families, and Special Education
Lusa Lo, EdD
Chapter 7: Bridging the Broken Narrative: How Student-Centered Teaching Contributes to Healing the Wounds of Trauma
Nancy J. Lin, MA & Karen L. Suyemoto, PhD
Chapter 8: Community Cultural Development and Education with Cambodian American Youth
Shirley Suet-ling Tang, PhD
Chapter 9: Ca Tri Nho : Roles of Vietnamese American Studies and Education Post-Katrina
James Dien Bui, MSW & Peter Nien-chu Kiang, edD & Shirley Suet-ling, Tang, PhD & Janet Hong, Vo, BA
Chapter 10: Asaian American Models of Leadership and Leadership Development in US Higher Education
Patricia Akemi Neilson, EdD, MPH
Chapter 11: Integrating Disciplines for Transformative Education in Health Services: Strategies and Effects
Karen L. Suyemoto, PhD & John Tawa, MA & Grace S. Kim, PhD & Stephanie C. Day, MA & Susan A. Lambe, EdM & Phuong T. Nguyen, MA Julie M. AhnAllen, PhD
Appendix A: Author Profiles
