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Research interests
Topics of research interest include achievement gap, opportunity gap, and educational disparities.
Research interests
My work has focused on critical issues in urban education, including the schooling experiences of immigrant youth and students of color. The consistent threads that cut across my research program have been 1) meeting the teaching and learning needs of marginalized youth, including immigrants and students of color; 2) examining the relationships between educational institutions and social and cultural contexts; and 3) employing interdisciplinary frameworks and diverse methodologies to the study of education.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Interest Keywords
- achievement gap
- educational disparities
- opportunity gap
- Asian American
- Motivation
- Immigration
- Identity
- teacher education
- Engagement
- Child Development
- School Culture
- Race
- Ethnicity
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Projects
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Promoting Health and Positive Youth Development for Soma
Allen, M. L. (PI), Bigelow, M. (CoI), Okuyemi, K. (CoI), Resnick, M. D. (CoI), Chhuon, V. (Other Role) & Davey, C. S. (Other Role)
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
1/1/13 → 1/1/17
Project: Research project
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Editors’ Introduction: Celebrating 20 Years of the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement
Uy, P. S., Chhuon, V., Worra, B. T., Sak-Humphry, C., Chap, V. & Wright, W. E., 2025, In: Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement. 20, 1, 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Ambiguous Loss for Cambodian American Deportees and Their Families
Chhuon, V., Aleixo, M. B. & Solheim, C. A., Apr 9 2022, In: Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. 22, 3, p. 573-585 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Making Visible the Invisible: Multistudy Investigation of Disproportionate Special Education Identification of U.S. Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
Sullivan, A. L., Kulkarni, T. & Chhuon, V., Jul 1 2020, In: Exceptional children. 86, 4, p. 449-467 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
23 Scopus citations -
‘Fitting in’ in high school: how adolescent belonging is influenced by locus of control beliefs
Schall, J., Wallace, T. L. B. & Chhuon, V., Oct 1 2016, In: International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 21, 4, p. 462-475 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The problematization of cambodian adolescent boys in U.S. schools: Beyond the model minority stereotype of Asian American youth
Chhuon, V., Apr 10 2015, Inequality, Power and School Success: Case Studies on Racial Disparity and Opportunity in Education. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 41-61 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter