Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.