Bamboo Son: A Hmong Refugee's Search for Identity and the American Dream - Paperback

by Pao Lor (Author)

Author Biography

Pao Lor is Associate Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Prior to this appointment, he served as budgetary chair for the Professional Program in Education and held the Wood Baer Professorship of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He started his career as a university academic advisor and then served as a middle and high school administrator, teacher, and coach before joining UW-Green Bay in 2005. Lor is also the author of Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee's Childhood Story of Survival, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. He enjoys spending time with family, playing soccer, doing house chores, biking, motorcycling, and relaxing. He currently resides with his family and their two cats in Kimberly, Wisconsin.