Professor Caroline Kieu Linh Valverde received her B.A. in Political Science and Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her teaching, research and organizing interests include: Southeast Asian American history and contemporary issues, mixed race and gender theories, Design, Diaspora and Transnationalism Studies.
She is currently writing a manuscript on Vietnamese American community-Viet Nam transnational linkages through remittances, Internet virtual communities and popular music. Professor Valverde founded Viet Nam Women's Forum, a virtual community with over 300 women globally. She was a Luce Southeast Asian Studies Fellow at the Australian National University (2004), Rockefeller Fellow for Project Diaspora at the University of Massachusetts, Boston (2001-02), and a Fulbright Fellow in Viet Nam (1999).
Through her work and abroad residences Professor Valverde has consistently advocated for Vietnamese and Overseas Vietnamese arts. In this area, her latest role is as curator of the exhibit Ao Dai: A Modern Design Coming of Age (Spring 2006) for the San Jose Museum of Quits and Textiles in partnership with Association for Viet Arts.
More information about Professor Valverde can be found at: www.kieulinh.com.
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