Information Needs and Barriers of Southeast Asian Refugee Undergraduates Project (2011-2012 American Library Association Diversity Research Grant)
Through survey and focus groups, the project seeks to discover the information needs and access barriers of Burmese, Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese undergraduate students.
- Chu, Clara M.; Middlebrooks, Trae; Miles-Edmonson, Leatha; White, Ashanti; and Vang, Touger. “Community-Engaged Research: Experiences and Best Practices from the Information Needs and Barriers of Southeast Asian Refugee Undergraduates Project,” 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC), Theme: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories, Embracing Communities, 19th-23rd September 2012; Kansas City, MO. http://jclc-conference.org/
- Chu, Clara M., Middlebrooks, Trae, Miles-Edmonson, Leatha, White, Ashanti, and Vang, Touger. “A Community Approach to Studying the Information Needs and Barriers of Southeast Asian Refugee Undergraduates,” Charting Courses: Diversity ResearchSession, American Library Association Conference, 22nd-25thJune 2012. [link will be added]
Other collaborations
School of Education, Coalition for Diverse Language Communities (2011-15), Department of Geography, Department of Public Health, Department of Human Development
Center for New North Carolinians – Research Fellow (2011-14)
Touger Vang 