Selected Publications and Projects

Exhibits

• “Voices of the Immigration Station”; Permanent installation at the former Seattle Immigration and Naturalization Service Building, a collaboration between Inscape Arts and the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience.

“Khmer American: Naga Sheds Its Skin”; Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 2015-2016.

“A Refugee’s Journey of Survival and Hope”; Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 2010-2011.

“Deporting Cambodians: How Immigration Law Shapes Our Communities”; Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 2009-2010.

Oral History Projects

“Refugee Voices of the Pacific Northwest”, http://www.refugeevoicesnw.com, a project of the Somali Family Safety Task Force, launching 2018.

• Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Building Oral History Project; Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 2012 -2013.

• Children’s Institute for Learning Differences (CHILD), 2010-2011.

Articles

 “Exploring Onward: A Year in Bhutan”, 2023-2024. https://exploringonward.blogspot.com.

• “Where is Tacoma’s ‘Chinatown’?”; Arches Magazine, University of Puget Sound; Winter 2022.

• “A Career of Civic Commitment”; Arches Magazine, University of Puget Sound; Spring 2021.

• “New Voice in the State Senate”; Arches Magazine, University of Puget Sound, Winter 2021.

“How the Disappearance of Immigrant Workers Created a Movement in a County That Voted for Trump”;  YES! Magazine, April 11, 2019

“The Neighbor”; Windmill, The Hofstra Journal of Literature and Art, Spring 2018

• “Fully Immersed”; Arches Magazine, University of Puget Sound, Winter 2018.

“UW Professor Seeds Social Change in Cambodia”; Seattle Globalist, March 26, 2012.

“A New Life, A New Career”; Home Care InSight Magazine, Fall 2012.

“A Day in the Life”; Home Care InSight Magazine, Fall 2011.

“An Uphill Battle: A Soldier’s Mental Health”; International Examiner, December 16-January 5, 2010, volume 36, number 24.

“Courage Beyond Their Years: For ‘Lost’ Refugee Children, ‘Education is Their Mother and Father’”; International Examiner, November 18-December 1, 2009, volume 36, number 22; reprinted in Bhutan News.

“The Aftermath of Deportation”; International Examiner, May 6-May 19, 2009, volume 36, number 9.

“Behind the Curtains”; International Examiner, March 18-March31, 2009, volume 36, number 6.

“The Trade of Asia’s Girls”; International Examiner, March 18-March31, 2009, volume 36, number 6; reprinted in New America Media, March 26, 2009.

“Up for Grabs: The White House”; International Examiner, October 15-November 4, 2008, volume 35, number 20.

• IE Community Voice Award Winners: “Many Uch: From Jailhouse Lawyer to Community Activist”; International Examiner, May 7-20, 2008, volume 35, number 9.

“U.S. and Vietnam Need to Rethink Deportation” (with Jay Stansell); International Examiner, February 6-19, 2008, volume 35, number 3; reprinted in New America Media, February 16, 2008.

“Advocates Rally for Immigrant Rights”; International Examiner, June 6-19, 2007, volume 34, number 11.

“When ‘Permanent’ Means Temporary: Navigating the Language of Immigration”; International Examiner, May 2-15, 2007, volume 34, number 10.

“Eroding Immigrant Rights: Commit a Misdemeanor, Get Deported”; International Examiner, March 21–April 3, 2007, volume 34, number 6.

“‘Sentenced Home’: SIFF Looks at Deportation of Cambodian Americans”; International Examiner, June 7-20, 2006, volume 33, number 11.

“ Families and Legal Residents Affected by Immigration Bills”; International Examiner, May 3-16, 2006, volume 33, number 9; reprinted in New America Media, May 13, 2006.

“SE-SPAN: Encouraging Seniors to Exercise”; International Examiner, March 15–April 4, 2006, volume 33, number 6.

“From Refugee to Deportee: How U.S. Immigration Law Failed the Cambodian Community” (with Jay Stansell), in Race, Culture, Psychology, & Law, Barrett and George, eds., 2005, Sage Publications.

“Letter From Phnom Penh: Thoughts From the Front Lines of the War on Immigrants” (with Jay Stansell), Z Magazine, October 2003.

Organizational Communications

• Convergence Consulting, Olympia, WA, 2009-2011

• Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC), Seattle WA, 2009-2011

• MERIT Foundation, Marysville, WA, 2010-2011