Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Vicky Xiong-Lor

Assistant Professor

Literacy, Early, Bilingual and Special Education | 559-278-0089 | Office: ED249

Education

Ed.D in Educational Leadership, 2015
California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA

Dissertation: Current Hmong Perceptions of Their Speaking, Reading, and Writing Ability and Cultural Values as Related to Language and Cultural Maintenance

MA in Mathematics Education, 2002
Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA

Elementary Math Education

Liberal Studies, BA, 1995
Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, 1996
Clear Administrative Services Credential, 2017
Hmong Single Subject Teaching Credential, 2017
California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA

Courses Taught

LEE 284: Collaborative Leadership for Educational Diversity
LEE 283: Cultural Competence for Educators
LEE 282: Second Language Acquisition
LEE 172: Cultural & Language Context in the Classroom
LEE 157: Teaching English Learners in Secondary Classrooms
LEE 159: Culturally & Linguistically Sustaining Pedagogy in TK-8 Context
LEE 135: Teaching Content in Hmong (BCLAD)
LEE 129: Hmong in Bilingual Schools
LEE 103: Pedagogy for Teaching Ethnic Studies

Hmong 1B: Hmong as a Second Language

Vicky Xiong-Lor teaches courses in both the Hmong Bilingual Authorization Program (BAP) and Masters in Multilingual & Multicultural Education (MME) program, in addition to teaching other LEE courses for credential students.
She has been a Hmong bilingual educator for the past 27 years where she taught elementary education, served as an elementary vice principal, and taught Hmong as a world langauge to high school students.
Her research interests are in the field of indigenous language revitalization and reclamation, focusing specifically on the Hmong language, Hmong DLI and Hmong heritage programs, and Hmong ethnic studies as healing work for intergenerational trauma in Hmong teachers and students.

Hmong language reclamation & revitalization, Hmong language teachers and programs, Hmong ethnic studies, and intergenerational trauma in Hmong students and teachers