Pao Lor
Co-sponsored by the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library.
What is it like to live thousands and hundreds of years of human civilization in 5 decades?
This is Pao's story and the Hmong American experience. In the context of his lived experience, Dr. Pao Lor shares insights about how the Hmong went from an intricate, sophisticated, and vulnerable, tribal culture in isolated regions of Laos in the 1960s and ‘70s to becoming a part of the American and global landscape. He addresses five pillars of the Hmong American experience: An Ancient Culture, American Allies, Refugees, American Neighbors and Citizens, and Transformation of an Ancient Culture. Ask questions and dialogue with Lor throughout in the context of larger societal challenges: immigration, forced migration, diversity, globalization, refugees, displaced peoples, and other related topics.
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PAO LOR is Associate Dean for the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and holds a doctorate in educational administration from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to being at UW-La Crosse, Pao was a Wood Baer Professor of Education and Budgetary Chair for the Professional Program in Education at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Before joining higher education, he was a middle and high school administrator, middle and high school teacher, university academic advisor, and high school varsity soccer head coach. Pao is the author of Modern Jungles and Bamboo Son. He was born in Laos, lived in two refugee camps in Thailand before resettling in Long Beach, California, in 1980, and then moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin to be closer to family. Today, Pao and his family reside in Kimberly, Wisconsin.
