One of the more complex and premeditated acts of covert violence during World War II concerns the American surveillance, arrest, and incarceration of thousands of resident Japanese immigrants prior to and upon the outbreak of the Pacific War. While briefly outlining the historical and political context of this mass incarceration, specifically…

In 2006, the Japanese American National Museum funded a three year curriculum development project entitled "Enduring Communities: Japanese Americans in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah." As a member of the team of teachers from New Mexico, I used this experience to study my process of developing meaningful content and…

Investigated the antecedents of individual-level ethnic identity among 67 part-Japanese American students in Hawaii and 104 part-Hispanic students in New Mexico. Seventy-three percent of the part-Japanese students and 44 percent of the part-Hispanic students listed multiple identity on at least one measure of ethnic identity, suggesting that…