Mark E. Pfeifer, Ph.D.
Current Position and Responsibilities: Reference and Instruction Librarian; Coordinator of Bell Library's Resource, Database and How-to Guides; Chair of Bell Library's Policy Committee; Member, Publications and Distance Education Committees.
Credentials: B.A. Degree in Urban Affairs, Marquette University; M.A. Degree in Urban Studies, Temple University; M.S. Degree in Library Science, University of North Texas; Ph.D. in Geography, University of Toronto.
Personal Background: Native of Madison, WI.
Selected Employment Background: From 2000-2006, served as Hmong Resource Library Director and Resource Director at the Hmong Cultural Center, Saint Paul, MN, continues to serve as an Advisor to Hmong Cultural Center's Board of Directors. From 2003-Present, editor of the Hmong Studies Journal, a peer-reviewed academic journal which may be viewed at www.hmongstudies.org. Book Reviewer for CHOICE and Multicultural Review. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and the Journal of Lao Studies. Served on the Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi, Faculty Senate from 2008-2010 and as the chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee of the Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi, Faculty Senate in 2009-10.
Areas of Library Expertise: Liaison to Education (Curriculum and Instruction, Special Services, Educational Administration, Teacher Education, Kinesiology, Athletic Training); Geography, Geology, GIS, and Criminal Justice.
Selected Presentations: "U.S. Census 2000: Trends in Hmong Population Distribution and Demography Across the Regions and Metropolitan Areas of the United States," (Salt Lake City: Annual Asian American Studies Conference, April 27, 2002); "Hmong Related-Research Past, Present and Future Directions," (Milwaukee: Hmong National Conference, April 15, 2002); "Serving Diverse Populations - Hmong and Vietnamese," (Duluth, MN: Minnesota Librarians Association Annual Conference, October 8, 2004); "The State of Hmong-American Studies," (Fresno, CA: Hmong National Conference, April 9, 2005; "General Interest Resources in Hmong Studies," (Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Library Association Conference, September 22, 2005); "Resources for a Dialogue on a Hmong Studies" and "Hmong 101", (lectures presented at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire under the sponsorship of the UW-Eau Claire History Department, April 11-12, 2006); "Hmong 101 - Basics of Hmong History and Culture, and Population/Demographics in the U.S." and "Resources for Learning and Teaching Hmong History and Culture," (East Lansing, MI: Hmong History and Culture: A Workshop for K-12 Teachers, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, March 31, 2006); "An Overview of Recent Developments in Hmong-American and Lao-American Studies Research," (Tempe, AZ: 2nd International Conference on Lao Studies, Arizona State University, May 4, 2007); "An Overview of the Hmong Studies Journal and Its Contribution to Scholarship Related to Hmong," (Detroit: Hmong National Conference, April 13, 2007; "Overview of the Hmong Studies Journal and Hmong Studies Journal Volume 8," (Denver, CO: Hmong National Conference, March 29, 2008); "Overview of the Hmong Studies Journal and Hmong Studies Journal Volume 9," (Appleton, WI: Hmong National Conference, April 3, 2009); "Overview of the Hmong Studies Journal and Hmong Studies Journal, Volume 10," (Austin, TX: Association for Asian American Studies Conference, April 9, 2010).
Selected Publications: "A Tale of Two 'Little Saigons': Southeast Asian Economic Development in Chicago and Philadelphia," Middle States Geographer, 26, (1993), 115-119; "Refugee Resettlement, Family Reunion, and Ethnic Identity: Evolving Patterns of Vietnamese Residence in Two American Metropolitan Areas," The North American Geographer, 1,2 (2000); "Vietnamese," The Encyclopedia of Chicago History, (Chicago: The Newberry Library, University of Chicago Press, 2000); "Community, Adaptation and the Vietnamese in Toronto," Vietnamologica: The Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 5, 1, (2001); "The Hmong in America," in The New Face of Asian Pacific America: Numbers, Diversity and Change in the 21st Century, Editors: Eric Lai and Dennis Arguelles, (San Francisco and Los Angeles: Asian Week and UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, 2003), 96-98; Editor, Hmong 2000 Census: Data and Analysis, (Saint Paul, MN: and Washington D.C.: Hmong Cultural Center and Hmong National Development, 2005); "Hmong and Cambodians in the Midwestern U.S," Encyclopedia of the Midwest, (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University; 2005); "Vietnamese in the Midwestern U.S.," Encyclopedia of the Midwest, (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 2007); Annotated Bibliography of Hmong-Related Works: 1996-2006, (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008); "Cambodian, Hmong, Lao and Vietnamese Americans in the 2005 American Survey," Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, 3, (2008),1-21; "Hmong," Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008); "Vietnamese," Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008); Co-Editor with Nicholas Tapp, A Hmao (Hua Miao) Songs, Stories and Legends from China, (Munich: Lincom, 2009); Editor of the Hmong Studies Journal, 4-10, (2003-Present).
Memberships: American Library Association, ALA Map and Geography Roundtable, ALA Library Research Roundtable; Association for Asian American Studies.
Selected Honors and Awards: Winnet Internship in Community Service, Samuel S. Fels Foundation. Philadelphia, PA, 6/93-10/93; Resident Fellow, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
Personal Webpage: http://markpfeifer.weebly.com/
