The Asian American Academic Conference will run at Nanyang Executive Centre on the campus of Nanyang Technological University, in Singapore, from 12 to 15 January 2016. For directions on how to reach the conference premises, click here. For a map of the campus, including the location of the Nanyang Executive Centre, print this map and bring it with you to the conference.

A "twin" conference is organized one week later, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The proceedings for both Asian American multidisciplinary conferences will be published jointly.

FOR THE TITLES OF THE PAPERS AT THE CHIANG MAI CONFERENCE, CLICK HERE.

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WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Professor & Associate Dean
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I teach Social Policy and Community Development at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. My recent research includes a multi-site interdisciplinary longitudinal study of single mothers in 3 Canadian cities examining the effects of labour market change and workfare programs on these families. Other research has focused on citizenship, social movements, gender, social exclusion and considerations of space and place. Before academe, I worked in government and the non-profit sector including more than 10 years as Executive Director of a social housing organization.

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