I teach in both the BSW and MSW programs at 海角社区. I use a teacher-learner approach in my classroom, believing we all teach and learn from one another. As a practitioner, I have over 15 years of experience working with marginalized young people as an advocate, trainer, program developer and coordinator, and researcher in Missoula, Montana, and in St. Paul, Minnesota. My other practice areas include organizational and community change, and culturally-grounded services and interventions. My research interests are related to Hmong American youth, oral traditions, and indigenous methodologies.
Education
Ph.D.聽聽 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
MSW聽聽 University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
BA聽聽聽聽聽 University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Current Projects
Conceptualizations of ib tug hluas (youth) among young Hmong American women
Hmong Economic Advancement and Capacity Building Project
Ethnic minority professional coalitions: Hmong Minnesota Social Workers Coalition
Training for practice with communities with refugee background in social work education
Selected Peer Reviewed Publications
Moua, K. L. (2021). Bringing just practice into a corporate law context. In J. L. Finn (Ed.), The Just Practice Framework in Action: Contemporary Case Studies. Oxford University Press.
Lightfoot, E., Nienow, M., Moua, K., Colburn, G., & Petri, A. (2016). Insights on professional identification and licensure from community聽practice聽social workers.聽 Journal of聽Community聽Practice, 24(2), 123-146.
Moua, K. L., & Vang, P. D. (2015). Constructing 鈥淗mong American Youth鈥�: A Critical Discourse Analysis of 25 Years of Academic Literature on Hmong American Youth.聽Child & Youth Services,聽36(1), 16-29.