Books by Ruthanne Lum McCunn


Previous Talks
(Partial Listing)

Keynote Speaker
California Association for Bilingual Education, 1996
Chinese Historical & Cultural Project, 2015
Coalition for Western Women's History Conference:
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1991
San Francisco, 1987
Colorado Language Arts Society Conference, Denver, 1993
Council for Prejudice Reduction, 2007
Organization of Chinese Americans 19th Annual Convention, Chicago, 1997
Reading the World VII Conference, San Francisco, 2005

Films
Featured in "The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature,"
    Annenberg/CPB, 2003
Featured in "Developing Writers," Annenberg/CPB, 2004

Arts and Humanities Councils
Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1998
Asian Pacific Women's Caucus, Seattle, 1986
Hawaii Literary Arts Council, 1993
NEH Summer Institute, Bellingham, WA, 2005
Nevada Humanities Council, 1993
New York Council for the Humanities, 1989
PEN American Center Reading Program:
Atlanta, Georgia, 1996
Sacramento, 1991
San Francisco Bay Area Book Council, 1990, 1994, 1996
Sonoma County Book Festival, 2007
Tucson Festival of Books, 2015
Women's Literary Festival, 2015

Museums, Institutes, and Institutions
American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1998
China Institute, New York, 1989, 1997
Chinese American Museum, 2015
Four Rivers Cultural Center, Ontario, OR, 2004
Hawaiian Chieftan, Tall Ship, 2007
Idaho Historical Museum, Boise, 2004
Lewis & Clark Center for Arts and History, Lewiston, ID, 2005
Matilda E Brown Home, Oakland, 1999
Museum of Chinese in America, NYC, 2007, 2014
National Liberty Musuem, Philadelphia, 2007
National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, 2014
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian, Washington DC, 1997
New York Chinatown History Museum, 1985, 1989
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, 2015
San Francisco County Jail, 1999
San Mateo County History Museum, 2008
St. Gertrude's Historical Museum, Cottonwood, ID, 2005
Smitsonian Asian Pacific American Program, DC, 2007
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, ID, 2004
Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, 1996

Colleges and Universities
Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, 2004
Appalachian State University at Boone, NC 1996
Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, 2014
California State University at Hayward, 1994
City College of San Francisco, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2015
College of San Mateo, 2003, 2005
College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID, 2004
Cornell University, 1988, 2000
Five College Center for East Asian Studies, MA, 2007
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, 2004
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, 2009, 2014
Keene College, NH, 2007
Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC, 1996
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE, 1993
Northern Nevada Community College, Elko, 1993
Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA, 2004
Pasadena City College, 1990
Radcliffe, 2000
San Francisco State University, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995
Skyline College, 2001, 2007
Sonoma State University, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995
St Mary's College, Moraga, 1997, 1998, 1999
Stanford University, 1986, 1989, 1993
Stony Brrok Univ., Wang Center, NY, 2007
Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2014
University of California
Berkeley, 1986, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005,
    2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Los Angeles, 2011
Riverside, 1987
Santa Cruz, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
University of Hawaii
Hilo 1993
Manoa, 1993, 1998
University of Oregon
Corvallis, 1989, 1996
Eugene, 1989, 1996, 1997
University of San Francisco, 1995, 1999, 2002
University of Washington, Seattle, 1996
Washington State University, Pullman, 1986
Western Washington University, 2000
Wheelock College, Boston, 2000

Libraries and Librarians
Alameda Public Library, 2008
Alhambra Public Library, 2015
American Library Association, 1987
Bay Area Young Adult Librarians, 1987
Belmont Public Library, 2008
California State Library, 2015
Chinese American Librarians Association, 1982, 1986, 1991
Dublin Public Library, 2015
Foster City Library, 2008
Fremont Main Public Library, 2015
Friends of the Diablo Valley College Library, 2000
Friends of the J Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University, 1990
Hailey Public Library, ID, 2004
Indiana Public Library, PA, 2009
Marshall Public Library, Pocatello, ID, 2004
Milbrae Public Library, 2008
Monmouth County Library, NJ, 2000, 2007
Mountainview Public Library, 2001
North Adams Public Library, MA, 1996, 2007
Oakland Public Library, 1988, 2003
Peninsula Library System, 1990
Pleasanton Public Library, 2000, 2007
Rathdrum Library, ID, 2006
San Francisco Public Library, 1985, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005,
    2007, 2008, 2014, 2015
San Jose Public Libraries, 2002, 2008
San Mateo Public Library, 2008, 1986, 2014
San Mateo County School Librarians, 1986
Santa Clara Public Library, 2001
Seattle Public Library, 1996, 1997, 2000
Stockton-San Joaquin Public Library, 2001, 2008
Sunnyvale Public Library, 1990, 2001

Educators
Alameda County Office of Education/California State Univ., East Bay, 2008
Asian American Educators Association, 1985, 1989
California Association for Bilingual Education, 1985
Galileo High School, English Department, 2002, 2004
International Reading Association, 1987
Oakland Schools Urban Dreams Summer Institute
Sacramento County Office of Education, 1991
San Francisco Unified School District, 1996
School District of Philadelphia, 2000, 2002
The Association of Chinese Teachers, 2003, 2015
United Federation of Teachers, New York, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2014
Western Fresno County Title VII Consortium, Fresno, 1989

Schools
Albany Middle School, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Alice Fong Yu Elementary School, San Francisco, 2002
Cherrywood School, San Jose, 1989
Folk Arts Cultural Treasures School, Philadelphia, 2007, 2014
General A. McCall Middle School, Philadelphia, 2014
Idaho Schools: Hailey, Ketchum, Stanley, 2004
Lodi Unified School District, 1986, 2004
Lum School, Oakland, 2000
Millbrae School District, 1986
Mercy High School, San Francisco, 2008
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, 1985
New Boston School, NH, 2007
Newark Memorial High School, 1993
Northeast High School, Philadelphia, 2000
Nueva Middle School, Hillsborough, 1993
Our Lady of Loretto School, Novato, 1988
Portland Unified School District, 2002
Rathdrum High School, ID, 2006
Robert Frost Middle School, Deer Park, NY, 1996
Sacramento Unified School District:
McClatchy High School, 1996
Mira Loma High School, 1993
Saint Ignatius High School, San Francisco, 2009
San Francisco Unified School District:
Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 1987
Chinese Immersion Program, 1992
Galileo High School 2002, 2003, 2004
Lowell High School, 1995
Night School Program, 1994
Washington High School, 1998
Santa Rosa Unified School District:
Lawrence Cook Middle School, 1995
Piner High School, 1995
Summer Academy, Sacramento County Office of Education, 1991
Woodward Middle School, Bainbridge Island, WA, 1996

Conferences, Conventions, and Symposia
Asian Festival of Children's Content, Singapore, 2013
Asian Pacific American Librarians Conference, 2001
Asilomar Regional Reading Conference, 2003
Association of Asian American Studies Conference:
Hawaii, 1998
Oakland, 1995
Seattle, 1996
Bay Area Children's Literature Conference, San Francisco, 1990
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Rochester, 1999
California Council for the Social Studies Conference, Oakland, 2001
California Reading Association, San Jose, 1996
California Writers Club Conference, Salinas, 2002
Children's Book Conference:
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Canada College, 1984
Chinese American Citizens Alliance Convention, Salinas, 2005
Multicultural Children's Literature Conference, Univ. of Calif. at Santa Cruz, 1989
National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, San Francisco, 2001
National Council for Teachers of English, San Francisco, 2003
Novel of the Americas Symposium, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1992, 1993
Symposium on Asian America: Issues of Identity, Cornell University, 1990
Western History Conference, 2013
Women on Writing, Skyline College, 2006

Community Organizations
Asian American Alliance of Marin, 1987
Asian American Writers Workshop, NYC, 1996, 2000
Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston, 1996, 2007, 2014
Assn. of American University Women and Piedmont Asian American Club, 1997
Asian Americans United, Philadelphia, 2000, 2001
Asian Domestic Violence Prevention Collaborative, 2002
Asian Seniors Club, San Mateo, 1987
Berkeley Chinese Community Church Senior Center, 1989, 2014
Boise Chinese Assn., 2011
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, 2007
California Historical Society, 2012
Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Salinas, 1988
Chinese American Council of Sacramento, 1996
Chinese American Culture Center, Sacramento, 1987
Chinese American Women's Club of Santa Clara County, 1987, 1996, 2007
Chinese Center on Long Island, West Hempstead, NY, 1996, 2000, 2007
Chinese Culture Foundation Roots Program, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007
Chinese Family History Group of Southern California, 2015
Chinese Historical and Cultural Project Summer Festival, San Jose, 1996
Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco, 1982, 1985, 1988,
    1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
Chinese Historical Society of New England, Boston, 2007, 2014
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1989, 2015
Community Asian Theatre of the Sierras, 2007
Families with Children from China:
East Bay Book Club, 2003
Northern California Between New Years Party, 2003
Northwest Heritage Camp, Whidbey Island, 2004
San Francisco, 2001
South Bay Book Club, 2002
Friends of San Francisco Chinatown YWCA, 2000
Girls Inc., 2000
Hidden History, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, 2014
Historical and Geneological Society of Indiana County, PA, 2014
History San Jose, 2003
Idaho Chinese Cultural Center, Boise, 2011
Jewish Community Federation, San Raphael, 1991
Kearny Street Workshop, SF, 2007
Marin Chinese Cultural Association, 2015
Nevada Historical Society, 2015
Northwest Regional China Council, Portland, Oregon, 1986, 1989, 1996
Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 2015
Organization of Chinese Americans:
San Mateo chapter, 1990
Virginia chapter, 1997
Westchester and Hudson Valley chapter, 2000
Pacifica Schools Volunteers' Fundraiser, 2001
Pajaro Valley Historical Association, 1987
Parent Teachers Association, Sacramento, 1983
Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., 2008
San Francisco Bay Area Coalition for Freedom of Expression, 1990
San Francisco City Guides, 2003
Sigma Omicron Pi Sorority, Alumnae Chapter, 1998
Square and Circle, San Francisco, 1986
Taiwanese American Citizens League, 1992
The Sitting Room, Sonoma, 2014
US China People's Friendship Association, San Francisco, 1989
Vancouver Chinese Cultural Center, 2000
Women's National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter, 1981
Wu Yee Children's Services, 2001, 2011
YWCA, Berkeley, 1999
Civil War Associations
San Francisco Civil War Round Table, 2015
Sons of Union Veterans, Camp 25 (Reno, NV), 2015