Insights and Interconnections: Lessons Learned From Qualitative Studies of Immigration and Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Draconian immigration policies underscore the need for qualitative research that examines the increasingly complex interconnections between immigration and education (Gándara & Hopkins, 2009; Suárez-Orozco et al., 2011). This symposium takes up this charge by exploring how ethnographic and discourse analytic methodologies can offer unique insights into migratory contexts that increasingly form the backdrop of public education and the significance of immigration status in students’ daily practices. Panelists draw from qualitative studies across geographical contexts and educational settings to highlight the epistemological, social, and political insights gained by working with immigrant communities. The goal is to both examine these methodologies and center the voices of immigrant students whose perspectives and realities are too often rendered invisible in the project of schooling.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 5: Social Context of Research on Schools and Communities

Chair

• Sera Jean Hernandez, San Diego State University

Papers

• "Whoever Welcomes the Stranger Welcomes Me": Discourses of Radical Hospitality in a Multilingual Faith Community - Gerald Campano, University of Pennsylvania

• Citizenship, Beneficence, and Informed Consent: The Ethics of Working in Mixed-Status Families - Ariana Mangual Figueroa, Rutgers University

• Family Immigration Narratives as Acts of Resistance: Tensions and Possibilities - Sarah Gallo, The Ohio State University

• Crossing the Medium Border: Film as a Tool for Migration and Education Research - Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York - CUNY

Discussant

• Maria E. Franquiz, University of Utah