Reenvisioning Im(migration) in Contested Borderlands: In Search of the Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity for Im(migrant) Students

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Im(migration) has been studied within the field of education from various perspectives including socio-cultural, historical, linguistic and demographic. However, these analyses take on a different meaning when situated within a contested borderlands space such as San Antonio. In this Presidential Session, educational researchers reflect on the promise of equal education opportunity for im(migrant) students. Session panelists with different areas of interest within im(migration) research will discuss what it means to do research in a space and place that is a borderland. Does im(migration) take on a different meaning in the context of a place such as San Antonio, Texas? How has the work of im(migration) studies within the field of educational research changed because of both the lived experiences of most recent groups of students im(migrating) to the U.S. and also the contexts of reception for these students within public schools in the U.S.? The session considers the experiences and demographic trends as they relate to refugee students, immigrant students, migrant students and undocumented students.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Kevin C. Roxas, Western Washington University

Papers

• An Anzaldúan Feminista Perspective to Reenvision Education for (Im)migrant Students - Dolores Delgado Bernal, California State University - Los Angeles

• Rethinking Immigrant Adaptation: Difficult Transitions in a New Era of Immigration Policy - Roberto G. Gonzales, Harvard University

• Cultivating Contestation: Immigrant Youth Performing Resistance in a Community-Based Theater Program - Bic H. Ngo, University of Minnesota

• Extended Borderlands and Urban Diversity in a Changing World: Education in San Antonio, a Multicultural City - Harriett D. Romo, The University of Texas - San Antonio