Immigrant and refugee families, transnational family systems

Explores families and culture, refugee family resettlement and adjustment, transnational family systems, and families and conflict.

Ronald Asiimwe Ronald Asiimwe

Assistant Professor
asiim004@umn.edu

Dr. A has research and clinical experience practicing in the U.S. and in his home country of Uganda.

Chansophal Mak Chansophal Mak

Post-Doctoral Associate
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cmak@umn.edu

Chansophal Mak (Sophal) is originally from Cambodia. She received her PhD in Human Development and Family Science with emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Georgia in Spring 2023.

Catherine Solheim Catherine Solheim

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
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612-625-1201
csolheim@umn.edu

Advising statement Dr. Solheim and Dr. Liz Wieling are leading a project that seeks to understand the process of resettlement of newly arriving Karen refugees in Minnesota.

Zha Blong Xiong Zha Blong Xiong

Associate Professor
612-625-5882
xiong008@umn.edu

My primary research interests focus on the social and cultural capital that promotes (or hinders) healthy development in children, especially with children of immigrant and refugee families.

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