A look at the anthology I helped to edit in advance of the 20th anniversary of the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, housed at the University of Purdue.
The cover is by Amorn Setthithorn. Mr. Setthithorn was born April 18, 1949, and his education includes a 1971 Diploma in Painting; Sculpture & Printing from Silprakorn University, in Bangkok ,Thailand and a 1974 Postdiploma in Painting & Sculpture from Visva Bharati University, West Bengal, India, and he has been a practicing artist for over 40 years now, and he now resides in Chiangmai, Thailand. I was happy we were able to get a 20-headed Naga for the cover just in time before the end of Year of the Dragon in April, 2025. There are so many anniversaries to observe as we also prepared to recognize 50 years in the United States since the end of the Southeast Asian conflicts of the 20th century.
I have now served as the Creative Works Editor there for almost 18 years, so it has been a delight to revisit so many wonderful pieces in our community and to see where the authors have gone since. Thank you all for your support!
I give a special thanks to my fellow editors, Dr. Wayne E. Wright, Vikrant Chap, Phitamay S. Uy, Chhany Sak-Humphry, and Vichet Chhuon who’ve been exceptional colleagues across the decades in this journey. The journal is an on-line and free open access interdisciplinary journal providing a forum for scholars and writers from diverse fields who share a common interest in Southeast Asian (SEA) Americans and their communities. JSAAEA is published with support from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the College of Education at Purdue University, and Purdue Libraries Scholarly Publishing Services and Purdue University Press.
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