Walter Garcia Kawamoto 1
of 4
3604 Pinell St. Sacramento, CA
95838
http://www.myspace.com/walterkawamotophd
H: (916) 925-4217 C: (916) 217-8087 waltertk@yahoo.com
Education:
Oregon
State University (Corvallis, Oregon)....
-Ph.D.
in Family Studies awarded August, 1995
Sociology
(1st Mnr), Cultural Anthropology (2nd Mnr)
-M.S.
in Family Studies awarded June, 1994. Sociology/Intercultural
Communication (Mnr)
-B.A.
in Elementary Education awarded June, 1990.
Language
Arts (Mnr)
University of Hawaii (Manoa,
Hawaii)....
-Liberal
Arts Major from 1985-1987.
Certifications -Certified
Family Life Education (CFLE) 2000-2003
from NCFR
-Am
Indian Child Resource Center Certified Foster Home Provider ’03-‘05
-Equivalency determined by the Los Rios Community
College District to teach....
Anthropology, Early Childhood Ed.,
Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Social Science,....
Family
and Consumer Science, Human Development. 2005-2007....
-Department of Defense security clearance ADP II (Natl Agency Check). January18,
2006
Research Interests:....
Intermarriage; Determinants of Parenting; Family Problem
Solving; Childhood Outcomes;
Child, Family, and Educational Policy; Ethnic Children &
Minority Families; Cultural Identity....
California State University Sacramento Activity:....
Faculty Senate Curriculum Policy
Committee (1999-2000, 2001-2002),
Curriculum Subcommittee of the
Faculty Senate Curriculum Policy Committee (2000-2002),
FACS Dept Human Subjects Committee
(Chair 1999-2000),
FACS Dept Faculty Senator (Fall
1998),
Chicano/Latino Faculty and Staff
Association,
Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and
Staff Association
Japanese American Archival
Collection Advisory Board (2001-2003)
Professional Activity:....
National Council on Family
Relations (NCFR):
Public Policy Committee Member
(2000-2001), Vice Chair (2001)
California Council on Family
Relations (President 2000-2001)
-2001 Conference Coordinator
"Family Resiliency in California”
Ethnic Minority Section:
-Webmaster (1999-2002) Secretary /
Treasurer (1998-2000).
Student / New Professional Rep.
(Appointed 1993-1994; Elected 1994-1996).
-Action for Diversity Committee
Member 1996-2000
-1995 NCFR National Conference
Local Arrangements Planning Committee
-Student
Assistance Subcommittee Chair
-Task Force on the Future of NCFR
Conferences 1994-1995.
-1994 - 2002 NCFR Conf.
Paper/Presentation Reviewer.
Journal of Adolescent Research, Manuscript Consulting Editor
(1998, 2001-02),
Family and Consumer Research Journal Manuscript Reviewer
(2008),
Journal of Teaching Marriage and Family, Manuscript Reviewer
(2001)....
Professional Experience: 2
of 4
Higher Education:....
Adjunct Professor, American River College. Since July, 2007.
Courses Taught: Soc 320 Minorities in America;
SOC 300 Introductory Sociology.
Instructor, The Center for Human Services. UC Davis Extension. Since June, 2007.
Adjunct Professor, Cosumnes River College. Since January, 2007.
Courses
Taught: FCS 314/ECE 314 The Child, The Family,
and the Community;
FCS 324 Human
Development: Life Span
Anth 330: Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion;
Anth 310: Cultural Anthropology (online)
Assistant Professor, CSU Sacramento, Family and Consumer Sciences Dep.
Courses Taught: Families and Social Issues (Web Based Course),
Asian Am Families, Family Stress and
Coping: Multicultural Focus (Web Based Course),
Indigenous American (American Indian and
Latino) Families, Freshman Seminar. 7/98–8/03.....
Visiting Assistant Professor, Syracuse
Univ., Child and Family Studies Dept. 8/1997-6/1998.....
Courses Taught: Multicultural Families, Family
History, Family Stress, & Latino Families ....
Graduate Student Affairs Task
Force Director, Advocacy & Policy Review.
Associated Students of Oregon State University (OSU). Fall to Spring 1994-1995.
Graduate Instructor, Oregon State University, Human Development and
Family Studies Dept.
Courses
Taught: HDFS 443 US
Families: Race, Class, and Gender. Winter‘94,Sum ‘94 &95.....
Graduate Research Assistant, Research Development, Proposal, Subject
Recruitment, Implementation, &
Analysis. NIMH grant recipient to study the family interactions
(Parenting, Family Problem Solving, Qualitative/Quantitative data)
American Indian families in Oregon.
OSU. 4/92 – 4/94.
Family/Child/Elementary Education:....
Foster
Parent, American Indian Child Resource
Center. Sacramento, CA. 8/03-
8/05.
Tutor, K-12 Students. Capital Area Indian Resources.
Sacramento, CA. 8/98 – 4/99.
Homebased Therapist III, Child and Family Services of Hawaii. Honolulu, HI.
Dec. 1996- September, 1997.
Counselor, Our Lady of Good Counsel School (Pre-School -
Eighth Grade).
Academic and Behavior counseling
(and Computer Teacher). Pearl City, HI. 9/96- 6/97.
Residential Treatment
Specialist, Children's Farm Home/Transition
Learning Center.
At Risk/Clinically Referred
Adolescents. Corvallis, OR. 8/1992-8/1993; 5/1996-9/1996.
On-Call Teacher, Corvallis Community Children's Center. Infant to
grade school rooms. Corvallis, OR. May, 1995- September, 1995.
Assistant Head Teacher, OSU Child Development Lab. St. Teacher
Supervision/Training. Preschool/Head Start Programming.. Corvallis, OR. Spring
1994.
Treatment Aide, YES House. Residential adolescent drug & alcohol
treatment.
Data
Processing, creative drama instruction, & general supervision. Albany,
OR. 5/91- 9/92.....
Consulting:....
Research Consultant, Evaluation of the California Endowment parenting
manual for the American
Indian Health Initiative, Leo Camp Family Wellness Program, and other projects.
Sacramento Urban Indian Health Project Inc. October – December, 2003.
Principal Consultant, Survey on the lifestyle and health of Japanese
Americans,
Funded by Gakugei University and
the Ministry of Education, Japan. 2001- 2003.
Consultant, American Indian-Alaska Native Head Start Research
and
Outcomes Assessment. ORC Macro Inc.
Washington D. C. April, 2002
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Publications:
3
of 4....
Kawamoto, W.G. (2006). Mexican New York: Transnational lives of new immigrants
(Book Review) Journal of Family and
Economic Issues. V28. pp183-185
Kawamoto, W. T.
(2006). Kids Raised by the Government (Book Review).
Family Relations, v 55, P. 147.
Kawamoto, W. G. (Fall 2004/ Winter 2005). The Japanese American
Internment Experience
Throughout the Decades: One Professor’s
Multidisciplinary Perspective. In R. Viramontez Anguaino and A. Ibrahim (Eds.) Inquiry:
Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines. (pp.9-12).
Bowling Green State University Press.
Kawamoto, W. T. & Viramontez Anguiano, R. P. (2005).
Asian and Latino Immigrant families:
Key issues faced by the
Trailblazers of America’s future. In B. Ingoldsby and S. Smith (Eds.)
Families in Global and
Multicultural Perspective. (pp. 209-230).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kawamoto, W. & Cheshire, T. (2005). American Indian
Families: Resilience in the face of legal,
economic, and cultural assault. In
K. Barrett and B. George (Eds.). Race, Culture, Psychology, ....
and Law. (pp. 299-308). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kawamoto, W. T & Cheshire, T. C. (2004) . A “Seven
Generation” approach to American Indian
Families. In M. Coleman and L. Ganong. (Eds.) the Handbook of
Contemporary Families: Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future. (pp. 385-393). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Viramontez, A. R. P., & Kawamoto, W. (2003). Serving
rural Asian American and Latino families and
their communities: A call for a
rural paradigm shift. Journal of Extension [On-line],
41(1).
Kawamoto, W. T.
(2003). Resilience
Across Context: Family
Work, Culture, and
Community, ....
(Book Review). Family Relations, v 52, P. 104.
Cheshire, T. C. & Kawamoto, W. T. (2003). Positive Youth
Development in Urban American Indian
Youth. In F. Villarruel, D.
Perkins, L. Borden, and J. Keith (Eds.). Community Youth Development. (pp,
79-89). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kawamoto, W. T. (2001) Understanding American Indian
Families (Guest Editor)
American Behavioral Scientist.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kawamoto, W. T & Cheshire, T.C. (1999). Contemporary
Issues in the Urban American Indian
Family. In H.P. McAdoo (Ed.) Family
Ethnicity: Strength in Diversity. (pp.
94-104), ....
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kawamoto, W. T. (1997). Community Mental Health Issues in
Socio/Cultural Context: The
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower
Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians.
For the Tribal Plan of the
Confederated Tribes.
Kawamoto, W.T. & Cheshire, T.C. (1997). American Indian Families. In M.K. DeGenova
(Ed.) Families in a Cultural
Context (pp. 15-34), Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
Cultural / Community Activity:....
City of Sacramento, Community Racial Profiling
Commission (2006-2008)
City of Sacramento, CA, Planning Academy Class of
2005
City of Sacramento Del Paso Area Redevelopment
Advisory Committee Chair (2003-05), ....
Sacramento Heritage Inc., Board of Directors, Vice
Chair (2003)....
County of Sacramento Citizen’s Academy Class of 2003....
Japanese American Citizens League,
Florin Chapter
-President (2002-2004) Vice
President & Webmaster (2000, 2001)
-NCWNP District Rep to the JACL/OCA
Washington DC Leadership Conference, 2003
Syracuse U. Original United Front
Faculty Advisor (1997)
OSU Asian Cultural Center (Advisory
Board 1992-1996),
Multicultural Assistance Program
Board of Directors (President 1995)
Recent/Selected Presentations: 4
of 4
Facilitator, “2008 Multiracial Forum: Focus on Adoption
(transracial/ethnic and transnational)” March 27 and May 1, 2008 at Cosumnes
River College.
Panelist, “Immigration, public attitudes, and pubic policy:
Responsibilities of immigrants in their new home”. National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
regional conference.
Feb. 2, 2008 (with Ruben Viramontez Anquiano).
Invited Witness, “SB:26: The Ethnic
Heritage Respect and Recognition Act”.
California Assembly Committee on Business and
Professions. June 26, 2007.
Speaker, “Gateways
to the North: Understanding Immigrant Mexican Families in Ohio.”
American Association of Family & Consumer
Sciences Annual Conference. June 21, 2007.
(with Ruben Viramontez Anguiano, Jose Salinas, and
Marco A. Chavez).
Guest Speaker, “Anime
film and open discussion on the impact of Pop Culture on the Asian
community.” Sacramento City
College Cultural Awareness Center.
May 10, 2007.
Facilitator/Discussant, “40th Anniversary of the Loving Decision”
The Florin JACL Multiracial Forum, May 1, 2007 at Cosumnes River College.
Co-Presenter, at XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology in
Durban, South Africa, July 2006 ....
“Perceived Discrimination in
Everyday Life, Perceived Life Chance, and Health in Two Japanese ....
Immigrant Groups” (with Takashi Asakura, Alice Murata, &
Kyoko Asakura).
Facilitator/Discussant. “Chasing Daybreak: A Film About Mixed Race in
America”
The Florin JACL Multiracial
Forum, April 25, 2006 at Sacramento Community College.
Co-Presenter, at the Work Stress Conference 2006 sponsored by APA and
NIOSH, Miami, FL. “Work
Stress, Discrimination, and Health among Japanese Americans”
(with Takashi Asakura, Alice
Murata, Kazuhiro Nakayama, and Kyoko Asakura).....
Facilitator/Discussant, The Community Mixed Race Action Plan in Seattle and
Sacramento.
The Multicultural Forum of the
Florin Japanese American Citizens League, May 24, 2005.
Academic Consultant/Featured
Speaker, A Beautiful Blend: Mixed Race in
America.
Produced by Pat McConahay, KVIE
Sacramento (PBS). 2004.
Presenter, at the Child and Family Institute of Sacramento, CA.
“Cultural Competency and Ethnic Minority Families”. 2003-2005 sessions.
Presider, NCFR natl. conf., "Ethnic Identity for
Adolescents and Adults". Nov., 2002.
Presenter, NCFR natl. conf., "How to Teach Family Website
Evaluation". Nov., 2002.
Guest Speaker, For the American Indian Education Parent Committee
of the Elk Grove Unified School District Spring Gathering. May, 2002
Discussant, For the NCFR national conference,
"Intergenerational Stress in Diverse Ethnic Families." November,
2001.
Guest Speaker, For the Sacramento Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Asian/Pacific
Heritage Month. "Asian
American multiracial identity". May 2000.
Teaching Roundtable
Co-Presenter, For the NCFR national
conference. "Getting to the Heart: Teaching about Family Stress Theory and
Family Diversity Through Popular Literature" November 1999. (with Jo-Ann
Nicola).....
Grants and Honors: ....
-Who’s Who in America Biographee
(2004-2006)
-Sasakawa Fellow: Nippon
Foundation/Natl Faculty Development Institute (2001)
-CSUS College of Soc Sci. and
Interdisciplinary Studies Teacher of the Year Nominee 2000
-Syracuse U. St. Act. Office
Creating Opportunities Recognizing Excellence Nominee 1998
-National Institute of Mental
Health Research Grant 1992-1994
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