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Hai B. Pho, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Pho specializes in Southeast Asian politics, Vietnamese history and civilization, international relations, US foreign policy and refugee policy. He is a founding Board Member and Program Coordinator for the Indochinese Refugee Foundation, which played a central role in resettling refugees in Lowell. He has served on the Massachusetts Governor鈥檚 Advisory Council on Refugees (for former Governor Dukakis) and on Diversity and Pluralism Taskforce for the University of Massachusetts President鈥檚 Office. His publications include 鈥淭he Politics of Refugee Resettlement in Massachusetts鈥� (1991) and 鈥淟owell, Politics, and the Resettlement of Southeast Asian Refugees and Immigrants鈥� (2007).