Cyclical Migration and Education: Transborder Students and Families Between Korea, Mexico, Senegal, and the United States

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Migration is not a linear phenomenon, it is a cyclical and complex process. This session considers the impact of borders for students as they experience multiple and cyclical migrations that unite and separate them from family members and require them to navigate education systems that are based in different linguistic, cultural, and academic practices. It centers migration as a constant that occurs between nations, and becomes an integral part of the lived experiences and identities of students whose lives are not tied to one country or the other, but both, and possibly more. The papers show how cyclical migration across countries and continents can lead to joy, freedom, and opportunity, just as it can also evoke separation, struggle, and resentment.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Differences and Intersectionalities

Chair

• Betsabé Román González, University College London

Papers

• An Overview of Cyclical Migration: Demographics, Policies, and Terminology - Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York - CUNY

• Transnational Child Migration: Impact on American Senegalese Youth and Their Cultural Integration in the United States - Aminata Diop, The City College of New York, CUNY

• Mobilizing Multilingual Resources Across Borders Among Korean Immigrant Children and Families - Jungmin Kwon, Michigan State University

• Familial Negotiations of Return: Return Migration Between Mexico and the United States - Sarah Gallo, Rutgers University