Dia Cha
Dia Cha | |
|---|---|
Diav Tsab[1] | |
| Occupations | Author, researcher, professor |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ethnic studies |
| Sub-discipline | Asian American studies |
Dia Cha is a Hmong[2] Laotian American author and academic who has written books for both children and adults.
Early life
[edit | edit source]She was born in the early 1960s in Southeast Asia.[3] After the Vietnam War, her family immigrated to the United States of America.[3]
In 1975, Dia and the surviving members of her family, were forced to flee the advancing communist movement, Pathet Lao in their takeover of her home country of Laos. She soon found herself a refugee in Thailand.[4]
She eventually settled in the United States in 1979,[5] where she was able to begin formal studies in the ninth grade. In 1983, she graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School, in Denver, Colorado, ranking thirtieth in a class of 251 students.[6] In 1987, she joined the Institute of Foreign Studies and spent a semester studying at the University of London.[7]
Career
[edit | edit source]In December 1989, Dia received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado.[8] In December, 1992, she was awarded a Master of Arts in applied anthropology from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.[citation needed] After additional studies, she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado.[7][9] Dia Cha is considered to be the first Hmong women to receive her PHD.[4][10]
In the 1990s, Dia wrote Dia's Story Cloth which is now considered to be one of the utmost popular books on Hmong story clothes.[6][11] Along with Norma Livo, she co-wrote Folk Stories of the Hmong and Teaching with Folk Stories of the Hmong: An Activity Book. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in "Bamboo Among the Oaks" as well as the "Paj Ntaub Voice" Hmong literary journal.[citation needed]
Additionally, she was an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies at St. Cloud State University, in St. Cloud, Minnesota.[9][12] There, she taught courses in cultural anthropology, ethnic studies, Southeast Asian communities, Asian American studies, and Hmong studies.[12][13]
As of 2013[update], she was CEO of Your Consulting Services, Inc.[13]
Bibliography
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Dia Cha page at St. Cloud State University Archived 2010-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Dia's Story Cloth
- 2005 Hmong Oral History Project Interview Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.hmongstudies.com/ChaHSJ6.pdf
- Cha, Dia citations in Hmong Studies Citations database by University of Wisconsin–Madison
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- 1962 births
- Laotian writers
- Laotian emigrants to the United States
- Living people
- 21st-century anthropologists
- Laotian social scientists
- Hmong anthropologists
- 21st-century American anthropologists
- American writers of Laotian descent
- American writers of Hmong descent
- Hmong women
- University of Colorado Boulder alumni
- St. Cloud State University faculty