Walter Garcia Kawamoto
Professional
Organizations/Activities:
National Council on Family Relations:
-Certfied
Family Life Educator (2000-2003)
-California Council on
Family Relations
-President
(2000-2001)
-NCFR Public Policy Committee
-Vice Chair
(2001)
-Ethnic Minority Section
-Student
New/Professional Rep (1993-1996)
-Secretary/Treasurer (1998-2000)
-Webmaster
(1998-2001)
-Action for Diversity Committee (1996-2000)
-1995 National Conf. Local Arrangements
-Student
Assistance Subcommittee Chair
-Taskforce on the Future of NCFR Conf (1994-95)
-2002
Annual Media Awards Judge
Other Professional Activity:
- Journal
of Adolescent Research
Manuscript Consulting Editor (1998-Present)
-Sasakawa Fellow,
Sponsored by the Nippon Foundation and AASCU
She left
us too soon.
Me and Congresswoman Patsy Mink
Key Links:
City of Sacramento, CA
Del Paso Heights
Redevlopment Advisory Committee
Florin
Japanese American Citizens League
2002-2004 President
Contact:
Phone:
916-925-4217
Email:
Education
& :
Credential
-Certified Family Life
Education (CFLE) 2000-2003
Granted by the National Council on Family
Relations
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.
Teaching
Areas:
Family Studies;
Early Childhood to Adolescent Development;
Multicultural Education and Ethnic Minority
Issues
Research
Interests:
Intermarriage;
Determinants of Parenting; Family Problem Solving;
Youth and Family Policy; Ethnic Minority Families; Cultural
Identity
CSUS Activity:
Advisor of the
FACS Dept. Student Family Scholars (2000)
FACS Department Curriculum Committee
Curriculum Subcommittee of the
Faculty Senate Curriculum Policy Committee (2000-2002),
Center for Family Studies (Events Coordinator
1999-2002),
FACS Dept Human Subjects Committee (Chair 1999-2000),
California Faculty Association Departmental Rep
(1999-2000),
Faculty Senate Curriculum Policy Committee (1999-2000,
2001-2002),
FACS Dept Faculty Senator (Fall 1998)
Center for Pacific/Asian Studies,
WebCT/ Liberal Studies Working Group,
Chicano/Latino Faculty and Staff Association,
Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association
Japanese American Archival Collection Advisory Board
(2001-2003)
Scholarships and
Honors:
Sasakawa Fellow
(2001) Nippon Foundation/Natl Faculty Development
Institute
CSUS College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary
Studies
Teacher of the Year Award Nominee 2000
Syracuse University Student Activities Office
Creating Opportunities Recognizing Excellence (CORE) Award
Nominee (1998)
National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant
(1992-1994)
Professional Experience:
Higher
Education:
Assistant Professor,
Courses
Taught:
Families and Social Issues (Web Based Course),
Family Stress and Coping: Multicultural Focus (Web Based
Course),
Indigenous American Families, Freshman Seminar, Asian
American Families.
Family and Consumer Sciences Dept., CSU Sacramento July 1998
- Present.
Visiting
Assistant Professor,
Courses
Taught:
Multicultural Families, Family History, and Family
Stress.
Child and Family Studies Department,Syrcuse University.
1997-1998.
Graduate
Student Affairs Task Force Director,
Advocacy &
Policy Review. Associated Students of Oregon State
University (OSU).
Fall to Spring 1994-1995.
Graduate
Research Assistant,
Grading /
Classroom Management. Human Development and Family Science
(HDFS),
Oregon State University. Fall 1994 & Spring 1995.
Graduate
Instructor,
Taught:
HDFS 443. US Families: Race, Class, and Gender. Winter 1994,
Sum ‘94 &95.
Graduate
Research Assistant,
Research
Development, Proposal, Subject Recruitment, Implementation,
& Analysis.
NIMH grant recipient to study the family interactions of 29
American Indian families.
April, 1992 - April 1994.
Consulting:
Principal Consultant,
Survey on the lifestyle and health of Japanese
Americans,
Funded by Gakugei University and the Ministry of Education,
Japan. 2001-Ongoing.
Consultant,
American Indian-Alaska Native Head Start Research and
Outcomes Assessment. ORC Macro Inc. April, 2002
Family/Youth:
Tutor, K-12
Students. Capital Area Indian Resources. August 1998 - April
1999. Homebased
Therapist III,
Child and Family Services of Hawaii.
Dec. 1996- September
1997.
Counselor,
Our Lady of Good Counsel School (Pre-School - Eighth
Grade).
Academic and Behavior counseling. Sept. 1996- June 1997.
Residential
Treatment Specialist,
Children's Farm Home/Transition Learning Center.
At Risk/Clinically Referred Adolescents. 8/1992-8/1993;
5/1996-9/1996.
On-Call
Teacher, Corvallis
Community Children's Center. Infant to grade school rooms.
5/95- 9/95.
Assistant Head
Teacher, OSU Child
Development Lab.
Preschool/Head Start Programming. Student Teacher
Supervision/Training. Spring 1994.
Treatment
Aide, YES House.
Residential adolescent drug & alcohol treatment.
Data Processing, creative drama instruction, & general
supervision. May 1991- Sept. 1992.
Publications:
Chapter,
Asian and Latino
Immigrant Families. in Families in Multicultural
Perspective.
Eds. Bron Ingoldsby and Suzanna Smith. Sage 2004.
Chapter,
American Indian
Families: Resilience in the Face of Legal,
Economic, and Cultural Assault.
In Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law. Eds Kim Barrett and
Bill George. Sage, 2003
Chapter,
A "Seven Generation" approach to American Indian
Families.
In the Handbook of Contemporary Families: Considering the
Past, Contemplating the Future. Eds. Marilyn Coleman and
Lawrence Ganong. Sage, 2003.
Article,
Serving Rural Asian American and Hispanic Families and Their
Communities:
A Call for a Rural Paradigm Shift. For the Journal of
Extension. Spring, 2003.
Book
Review, of
Resiliency Across Contexts for Family Relations. January,
2003
Chapter,
Positive Youth Development in Urban American Indian
Youth.
In Community Youth Development for Sage. Eds. Francisco
Villarruel, Daniel Perkins, Lynne Borden, Joanne Keith.
Sage. Feb 2003.
Guest
Editor, Special
Issue Focussing on American Indian Families,
American Behavioral Scientist. Sage Publications, April,
2000.
Chapter,
Contemporary Issues in the Urban American Indian Family.
In Family Ethnicity (2nd Ed) Ed. Harriet McAdoo. Sage.
1998.
Chapter,
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. June
1997.
Chapter,
American Indian Families in Families in Cultural
Context:
Strengths and Challenges in Diversity. Ed. Mary K. DeGenova.
Mayfield. 1997.
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.
-2002 Annual Media Awards Competition Judge.
National Association for Chicano Studies,
Journal of Adolescent Research, Manuscript Consulting Editor
(1998, 2001-02),
Economic and Social Research Council, Grant Application
Reviewer (2000),
Mayfield Publishing Company, Manuscript Reviewer (2000),
Journal of Teaching Marriage and Family, Manuscript Reviewer
(2001)
Presentations:
Panelist. For the NCFR national conference. "Looking for Connections",
part of the panel "Infusing Peace throughout the Marriage and
Family Studies Spectrum". November 2003.
Guest Speaker, For the Sacramento Senator Lions Club.
"Hawaii Plantation Village, Immigration, and IntermarrIage". 2/20/03.
Presider, For the NCFR national conference,
"Ethnic Identity for Adolescents and Adults" November, 2002.
Presenter, For the NCFR national conf.,
"How to Teach Family Content Website Evaluation". November, 2002.
Guest Speaker, For the American Indian Education Parent Committee of the Elk Grove Unified School District Spring Gathering. May, 2002.
Resource Roundtable, For the NCFR national conference,
"Section Communication Using Electronic Media" November, 2001.
Discussant, For the NCFR national conference, "Intergenerational Stress in
Diverse Ethnic Families." November, 2001.
Presider, For the NCFR national conference, "Adolescence/Family Processes" November, 2000.
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
Facilitator, for the NCFR national conference.
"Immigration, Politics, and the Family in Latino and Asian American Communities". November, 1996.
Presenter, for the Oregon Social Learning Center. "Emerging Issues in
American Indian Family Research". April, 1996.
Poster, for the NCFR national conference. "American Indian Intermarried Families:
A Focus Group Study". November, 1995.
Paper, for National Association for Chicano Studies national conference.
"European American characteristics of support for Latino/Chicano People".
March, 1995.
Poster, for the NCFR National Conference. Parental Involvement and
Maternal Satisfaction In American Indian and Non-Indian Families. November, 1994.
Paper, for Learneds/Northwest Council on Family Relations conference.
Intermarriage: An Urban Phenomenon of the People of Hawaii. June, 1994.
Speaker/Poster, Connections, an event of the Albina Ministerial Alliance and the College of Home Ec. and Ed. of OSU. African American outreach and student recruitment. November, 1993.
Workshops, for the Linn-Benton Oregon Association for the Ed. of Young Children (OAEYC) Conference(s).
Learn More About Native American Project Ideas.10/93 &10/94.