His research includes adolescent development in immigrant families, school readiness, and community engagement models on tobacco use in the Southeast Asian communities. He co-authored a highly respected research-based parent education curriculum called Helping Youth Succeed: Bicultural Parenting for Southeast Asian Families and serves on several organizations’ boards. Dr. Xiong is the first Hmong tenured professor at the University of Minnesota and has been mentoring McNair students for the past seven years.