Beyond the Border Crisis: Addressing the Intersection of Trauma, Identity, and Language (TIDAL) Among Im/Migrants and Refugees

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Humanitarian im/migrant youth have uniquely-intersecting educational needs related to trauma, identity, and language. These needs are enhanced by often-forced mobility, limited sociocultural stability, interrupted education, and racism. Yet, the rise in humanitarian im/migrant youth (i.e., those fleeing refugee-like situations such as asylees and undocumented youth) who face challenges in the US immigration and education systems is overlooked in politicized debates surrounding the US/Mexico border crisis. This session includes both scholars and organizational stakeholders addressing experiences across different border crisis phases, including: (1) detention of humanitarian im/migrants crossing the border; (2) education in detention centers and/or shelters while awaiting release or deportation; and (3) education in local schools if/when released to foster families or family/guardians. Organizational stakeholders represented in this session bring legal, socio-psychological, and evidence-based advocacy experience to the discussion.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chairs

• Alexander W. Wiseman, Texas Tech University

• Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Papers

• The Intersection of Trauma, Identity, and Language (TIDAL) in Education for Im/Migrants and Refugees - Alexander W. Wiseman, Texas Tech University; Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

• The Children Are Screaming: Understanding Trauma Among Detained Children at the Border - Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, University of San Francisco

• Honoring the Experiences and Meeting the Needs of Im/Migrant Students - Celina Moreno, Intercultural Development Research Association; Morgan Craven, Intercultural Development Research Association

• The Educational Needs of Migrants and Refugees: Language Issues and Questions - Guadalupe Valdes, Stanford University

• Why the Trauma, Identity, and Language (TIDAL) Framework Applies in Baja California - Edmund T. Hamann, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Trauma-Informed Teaching for Humanitarian Im/Migrants - David Cross, Texas Christian University

Discussant

• William Perez, Loyola Marymount University