Academic Work
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dr. Leo Hwang is the Assistant Academic Dean for the College of Natural Sciences. The college has over 7000 undergraduate students and 26 majors or certificate programs.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Dr. Hwang is particularly interested in using asset based community development as a model for enhancing how we engage in diversity, equity, and inclusion work and exploring how to connect anti-racism work and dismantling the culture of white supremacy with the Community Economies theoretical stances. He is also developing adaptations of using participatory action research methodologies to give agency to students and community members who are engaged in co-creating the world we wish to inhabit.
Creative Economy
He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts in Geosciences with a focus on utilizing participatory action research to better understand the diverse community economies of artists and artisans in Franklin County, an M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his B.A. in English and Fine Arts from the University of the South.
Recent Publications
Dr. Leo Hwang is the Assistant Academic Dean for the College of Natural Sciences. The college has over 7000 undergraduate students and 26 majors or certificate programs.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Dr. Hwang is particularly interested in using asset based community development as a model for enhancing how we engage in diversity, equity, and inclusion work and exploring how to connect anti-racism work and dismantling the culture of white supremacy with the Community Economies theoretical stances. He is also developing adaptations of using participatory action research methodologies to give agency to students and community members who are engaged in co-creating the world we wish to inhabit.
Creative Economy
He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts in Geosciences with a focus on utilizing participatory action research to better understand the diverse community economies of artists and artisans in Franklin County, an M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his B.A. in English and Fine Arts from the University of the South.
Recent Publications
- “Finding Our Paths to Social Justice Education,” (co-authors Alyssa Arnell and Linda McCarthy) At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children’s Future, Doug Selwyn (ed.), Peter Lang Publishing, 2022
- “Seeds of Success Participatory Action Research Project,” (co-author Linda McCarthy) Leading for Change Racial Equity & Justice Institute Practitioner Handbook, Sabrina Gentlewarrior and Luis Paredes (eds.), Bridgewater State University, 2021
- “The White Fragility Book Group,” (co-author Linda McCarthy) Leading for Change Racial Equity & Justice Institute Practitioner Handbook, Sabrina Gentlewarrior and Luis Paredes (eds.), Bridgewater State University, 2021
- “Mountain Meditation,” Honoring Nature, Lis McLoughlin (ed.), Human Error Publishing & Nature Culture, 2021
- “Focusing on Assets: Action Research for an Inclusive and Diverse Workplace,” The Handbook of Diverse Economies, J.K. Gibson-Graham and Kelly Dombrowski (eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020
- “Butler’s Tourism Area Life Cycle and Its Expansion to the Creative Economy,” The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism, Lowry, SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017
- “Rethinking the Creative Economy: Utilizing Participatory Action Research to Develop the Community Economy of Artists and Artisans,” Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture, and Society, Volume 25, Issue 4, 2013
- “Community Economies Collective: Three Members’ Research in the Solidarity Economy,” Solidarity Economy I: Building Alternatives for People and Planet, Kawano, Masterson, Teller-Elsberg (eds.), Center for Popular Economics, 2010
