Zha Blong Xiong

In this Hmong name, the surname is Xiong. In accordance with Hmong custom, this person should be referred to by the given name.

Zha Blong Xiong
Born	Laos
Occupation(s)	Associate professor, Department of Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota
Academic background
Education	Winona State University
Alma mater	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Thesis	Hmong American Parent-Adolescent Problem-Solving Interactions: An Analytic Induction Analysis
Academic work
Discipline	Adjustment of adolescents, parent/adolescent relationships in immigrant families, parent education

Zha Blong Xiong is an associate professor in the Department of Family Social Science in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. He specializes in adjustment of adolescents, parent/adolescent relationships in immigrant families, and parent education.^[1] In less than 20 years Xiong has gone from being a refugee who spoke no English to becoming the first Hmong tenured professor at the University of Minnesota and the first at a major research university in the United States.

Early life and education

Xiong was born in Laos. His family came to the United States as refugees, arriving in Minnesota in February 1982 when he was 15 years old. He had "very little formal education" prior to attending high school, first in Rosemount and then in Hastings the following year, where he decided to start over, enrolling in 9th grade again.^[2]

After graduating from high school Xiong attended Winona State University, earning a B.A. in psychology. He then attended the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where he earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in family social science with a dissertation entitled "Hmong American Parent-Adolescent Problem-Solving Interactions: An Analytic Induction Analysis".

Honors & Awards

• 2011, Lee Knefelkamp Research Award, Minnesota College Personnel Association, Minnesota
• 2014, Outstanding Leadership Award, Lao Family Foundation
• 2017, Certificate of Outstanding Leadership, Hmong 18 Council, Inc.
• 2017, Community Outreach and Engagement Faculty Award, College of Education and Human Development

References

1. "Xiong | Family Social Science | U of M". www.cehd.umn.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
2. Zha Blong Xiong, First Hmong Professor to Receive Tenure, Hmong Times (Minn.), June 9, 2006.

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