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- The activism of the Catholic Church on immigrants' rights in the United States: testing the religious economy model.
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- Lazo de la Vega, Sandra, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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This paper tests the religious economy model for predicting Church behavior which predicts that religious firms will become more politically active on behalf of potential members in areas where competition for those members is most fierce. An analysis of data from a survey of 106 U.S. Catholic dioceses and archdioceses on outreach to Hispanic immigrants does not support this hypothesis. Religious competition and Church activism on immigration issues did not correlate. Rather, demand for...
Show moreThis paper tests the religious economy model for predicting Church behavior which predicts that religious firms will become more politically active on behalf of potential members in areas where competition for those members is most fierce. An analysis of data from a survey of 106 U.S. Catholic dioceses and archdioceses on outreach to Hispanic immigrants does not support this hypothesis. Religious competition and Church activism on immigration issues did not correlate. Rather, demand for services (measured as Hispanic presence within each diocese) was a better predictor of Church activism on immigration issues. This finding suggests that the "inelastic demand" assumption of the religious economy model must be dropped, re-opening demand side explanations for Church behavior across national and local contexts.
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- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/209993, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT209993
- Subject Headings
- Church work with immigrants, Progressivism (United States politics), Immigrants, Religious life, Immigrants, Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Religious aspects
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- Document (PDF)
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- "Yankees of the Orient": Yamato and Japanese immigration to America.
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- Lloyd, Joanne Marie., Florida Atlantic University, Curl, Donald W.
- Abstract/Description
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The social, economic, and political changes created by the Meiji Restoration triggered Japanese emigration. Economically distressed farmers, planning on staying in America a short time, accounted for most of the Japanese on the Pacific Coast. Most history of Japanese immigration to America focuses on the Pacific states and their anti-Japanese stance. Florida's Japanese colony, Yamato, however, presents a different perspective of the Japanese immigrant experience in two ways. Instead of...
Show moreThe social, economic, and political changes created by the Meiji Restoration triggered Japanese emigration. Economically distressed farmers, planning on staying in America a short time, accounted for most of the Japanese on the Pacific Coast. Most history of Japanese immigration to America focuses on the Pacific states and their anti-Japanese stance. Florida's Japanese colony, Yamato, however, presents a different perspective of the Japanese immigrant experience in two ways. Instead of farmers, Yamato's first settlers included college-educated, ex-samurai men who came to America with every intention of staying. These men shared a common vision based on the unique Christian education that they had received at Kyoto's Doshisha College. At odds with the political conservatism Japan adopted in the mid-1890s, these young men hoped to build new lives in America. Secondly, in the beginning, Florida, a newly developing state, warmly welcomed and supported the establishment of Japanese colonies in the state.
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- 1990
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14653
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants, Japanese--United States, Japanese--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
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- SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS ON AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION AND IMMIGRATION POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 2016.
- Creator
- Lopez Pelaez, Kevin
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Immigration policies in the United States remain a paramount topic in shaping the nation’s sociopolitical culture in the status quo; nuances in public sentiment pertaining to both immigration and are imperative in recognizing the broader implications of this issue. To gauge public sentiment on this and associated issues, a poll was conducted titled Taking America’s Pulse 2016 Class Survey. The Survey organization was the German data and analytics firm, Growth from Knowledge (GfK) Group, and...
Show moreImmigration policies in the United States remain a paramount topic in shaping the nation’s sociopolitical culture in the status quo; nuances in public sentiment pertaining to both immigration and are imperative in recognizing the broader implications of this issue. To gauge public sentiment on this and associated issues, a poll was conducted titled Taking America’s Pulse 2016 Class Survey. The Survey organization was the German data and analytics firm, Growth from Knowledge (GfK) Group, and was sponsored by Cornell University faculty members, Peter K. Enns, Ph.D., Professor of Government, and Jonathon Schuldt, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication. This research will examine two (2) questions from the referenced 2016 poll, Question I, “Do you think the number of immigrants admitted into the US is too high, too low, or about the right amount?” and Question II, “Would you support or oppose a proposal to increase penalties for undocumented immigrants who overstay their visa in the US?”. This secondary data analysis further studies the aforementioned questions by examining respondents’ political party affiliation.
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- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000404
- Subject Headings
- United States. Emigration and immigration. Government policy, Public opinion polls--Law and legislation--United States, Public opinion--United States, Immigration issues in the United States
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- Document (PDF)
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- Out of the country or out of society: immigration policy in the United States and Spain.
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- Dominguez, Karla Gabriela., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis was prepared under the direction of the candidate's thesis advisor, Dr. Timothy Steigenga, and has been approved by the members of her supervisory committee. It was submitted to the faculty of The Honors College and was accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Using the United States and Spain as case studies, this thesis argues that increasingly restrictive immigration policies instituted by receiving...
Show moreThis thesis was prepared under the direction of the candidate's thesis advisor, Dr. Timothy Steigenga, and has been approved by the members of her supervisory committee. It was submitted to the faculty of The Honors College and was accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Using the United States and Spain as case studies, this thesis argues that increasingly restrictive immigration policies instituted by receiving countries have little to no effect on the net inflow of immigration, nor do they promote a higher rate of assimilation for those immigrants already present within the host country. An analysis of the net inflow of immigrants, their social and economic status, and their rate of assimilation in the U.S. and Spain suggests that restrictive policies only further the social and economic exclusion of immigrants from the host society. Restrictive immigration policies are more effective at keeping immigrants outside of the host country's society than its borders.
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- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11575
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants, Government policy, Human rights, Emigration and immigration, Government policy, Emigration and immigration, Government policy
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- Document (PDF)
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- Immigrant identity development in the Christian church: a comparative study of Hispanics in the United States.
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- Arenas, Diego., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Christian churches in the United States are very diverse. The diversity seen often goes unmentioned by religion and immigration scholars who write about the key role churches play in the assimilation of Hispanic immigrants. Scholars use the word "church" in order to refer to all Christian religious institutions. The use of one word to encompass the broad range of institutions can misguide readers to believe that all Christian churches in the United States help Hispanic immigrants assimilate...
Show moreChristian churches in the United States are very diverse. The diversity seen often goes unmentioned by religion and immigration scholars who write about the key role churches play in the assimilation of Hispanic immigrants. Scholars use the word "church" in order to refer to all Christian religious institutions. The use of one word to encompass the broad range of institutions can misguide readers to believe that all Christian churches in the United States help Hispanic immigrants assimilate in the same way. This comparative study includes Anglo, Immigrant, and Transnational Christian churches throughout the United States The focus is to explore the particular methods by which immigrants forge identities in Christian churches, identities with assimilation potential into an already multi-cultural, American society. Whether immigrants build an ethnic identity, a religious identity, or a mix of both, there is no guarantee that the identity developed will help immigrants assimilate.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77654
- Subject Headings
- Assimilation (Sociology), Group identity, Emigration and immigration, Religious aspects, Immigrants, Religious life
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Gifts from home: Material culture and American immigrant women in the 20th century.
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- Thur, Victoria L., Florida Atlantic University, Norman, Sandra
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis will explore material culture by focusing on textiles and needlework of American immigrant women in the twentieth-century. It will feature three textiles: the Fishman bris dress from Britain, traditional Ukrainian embroidery, and refugee Hmong story cloths. Material culture is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates a wide variety of sources, theories, and interpretations. Social history incorporates voices and sources that have been disregarded in the mainstream narrative....
Show moreThis thesis will explore material culture by focusing on textiles and needlework of American immigrant women in the twentieth-century. It will feature three textiles: the Fishman bris dress from Britain, traditional Ukrainian embroidery, and refugee Hmong story cloths. Material culture is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates a wide variety of sources, theories, and interpretations. Social history incorporates voices and sources that have been disregarded in the mainstream narrative. Without scholarship in material culture, these sources would be lost forever. Textiles and their study allow for a wider and more inclusive interpretation of the American experience as immigrant and female. Most immigrant women do not hand down traditional primary documents. The everyday object allows historians to pursue historical imagination through material culture. Material culture scholarship and various sub-fields, allow these voices to be included in the canon of the American historical experience.
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- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13402
- Subject Headings
- Material culture--Semiotic models, Symbolic anthropology, Symbolic interactionism, United States--Emigration and immigration, Women immigrants--United States
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- Document (PDF)
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- Immigrant political and social involvement: motives and organizational contexts.
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- Jensen, Lene Arnett, Jack Miller Forum, Department of Political Science, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Date Issued
- 2009-01-30
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT186666p
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants -- United States -- Political activity, Ethnic relations -- Political aspects, Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- United States, Cultural pluralism -- United States
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- Set of related objects
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- Cultural perspectives among children of Guatemalan Maya immigrants in Lake Worth, Florida.
- Creator
- Sprague, Tara., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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Every day children of Guatemalan Maya immigrants balance two cultures. They reside in The United States and attend American schools but are being raised by their Guatemalan Maya parents. They continually navigate between the two and are faced with challenges daily. Since these children are influenced by two cultures, my interest was primarily on the cultural perspectives of these children, more specifically: what effects does the new culture have on the old? Through volunteering at a...
Show moreEvery day children of Guatemalan Maya immigrants balance two cultures. They reside in The United States and attend American schools but are being raised by their Guatemalan Maya parents. They continually navigate between the two and are faced with challenges daily. Since these children are influenced by two cultures, my interest was primarily on the cultural perspectives of these children, more specifically: what effects does the new culture have on the old? Through volunteering at a Guatemalan Maya after-school program, interviewing and administering the Children's Apperception Test, results showed these children to be influenced by American culture. The biggest indicator, play, was reported to be an important aspect in their lives, which is not considered essential in Maya culture. At the same time, these children keep close ties to their cultural heritage through their strong family ties. Overall, these children are influenced by American culture, but at the same time, keep their heritage.
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- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3352884
- Subject Headings
- Children of immigrants, Social aspects, Guatemalans, Social conditions, Immigrants, Cultural assimilation, Guatemalan Americans, Ethnic identity
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- Document (PDF)
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- Social impact of entrepreneurial immigrants on Florida’s gold coast.
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- Coltea, Noemi, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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At the dawn of a new presidential election, we are reminded that what separates the United States from the rest of the world are the immigrants who came here in the pursuit of the American Dream. These immigrants do not just come to the United States as workers, but also as consumers and entrepreneurs who contribute to the American economy, and use the profits created by their successful entrepreneurship(s) in a way that they become catalysts of change. None of the studies have managed to...
Show moreAt the dawn of a new presidential election, we are reminded that what separates the United States from the rest of the world are the immigrants who came here in the pursuit of the American Dream. These immigrants do not just come to the United States as workers, but also as consumers and entrepreneurs who contribute to the American economy, and use the profits created by their successful entrepreneurship(s) in a way that they become catalysts of change. None of the studies have managed to track the qualities and perceptions of these entrepreneurial immigrants turned philanthropists since the 1940’s. By focusing on their life experiences using an instrumental case study approach, we start to form the profile of the modern day immigrant entrepreneur and philanthropist by analyzing them through five lenses: immigration, adult education, entrepreneurship, leadership, and philanthropy. Using these five lenses, we can better understand the optative aspects of entrepreneurial immigrantship as a part of social impact on Florida’s Gold Coast. Their core family values of tithing and lending a helping hand to those in need transfer into social activism in terms of donations of wealth and donations of time. Although they do not consider themselves leaders in the communities they live and work in, the research findings are quite the opposite. They are socially involved through memberships and leadership positions on local, national, and international non- profit boards, they spearhead major fundraising events and initiatives, and they establish private or corporate foundations and even support candidates seeking political office, whether here or abroad. In essence, they became philanthropists and community activists, who by virtue of immigrating and opening their businesses here add value to Florida’s Gold Coast.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004093, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004093
- Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects, Immigrants -- United States -- Florida -- History, New business enterprises, Social entrepreneurship., Success in business
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- Document (PDF)
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- An Examination of the Relationship Between Acculturation and Fifth Grade Hispanic Student Reading Achievement.
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- Pressman, Diane S., Rhone, Angela, Florida Atlantic University
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In the United States there is an increasing population ofHispanic people. With this increase comes an increase of Hispanic students in the schools. In 2004, 39.8% of all dropouts in the United States were Hispanic students. Increasing population and a high dropout rate could be problematic for Hispanic people, American schools, and ultimately society. The first part of the research examined relationships between acculturation and Hispanic student reading achievement. A Spearman's Rho...
Show moreIn the United States there is an increasing population ofHispanic people. With this increase comes an increase of Hispanic students in the schools. In 2004, 39.8% of all dropouts in the United States were Hispanic students. Increasing population and a high dropout rate could be problematic for Hispanic people, American schools, and ultimately society. The first part of the research examined relationships between acculturation and Hispanic student reading achievement. A Spearman's Rho correlation was performed using the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanic Youth scores and Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test reading scores. In the second part, the research used a multiple regression model to predict acculturation and reading success in fifth grade Hispanic students. The dependent variable was the acculturation score obtained through the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanic Youth. The independent variables used for this were gender, age, free and reduced lunch status, country of origin, ESOL classification level, and previous retentions. Results from the study revealed that there is a significant correlation between acculturation and Hispanic student reading achievement in the fifth grade. The multiple regression model using the above independent variables identified three significant variables, ESOL classification, lunch status, and gender, to predict acculturation greater than chance.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000688
- Subject Headings
- Children of immigrants--Education--United States, Acculturation--United States, Hispanic American children--Education--United States, Academic achievement--United States
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- Document (PDF)
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- Address on religious intolerance and political proscription : delivered at Lancaster, Pa., on the evening of the 24th of September.
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- Forney, John W. (John Wien) 1817-1881
- Abstract/Description
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Religious intolerance and political proscription. FAU copy has original printed wrappers; side stitched with cord (23 cm).
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb17f20
- Subject Headings
- American Party, Anti Catholicism -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Catholic Church -- United States, Catholics -- United States, Immigrants -- United States, Nativism, Speeches, addresses, etc., A
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- E-book
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- Trilling R's: meditations on immigration, assimilation, and language.
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- O'Brien, Shannon., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Immigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people...
Show moreImmigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people would assume she was illegal because of her accent and appearance. Our discussions prompted me to think about of my place in the story, and about my lack of connection with the Hispanic culture. I set out to interview migrants living in South Florida, and to document my and my mother's experience with immigration and assimilation.
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- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186683
- Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration, Assimilation (Sociology), Pluralism (Social sciences), Social adjustment, Hispanic Americans, Cultural assimilation, Emigration and immigration, Government policy
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- Document (PDF)
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- Family, obligation, and educational outcomes: unraveling the paradox of high aspirations and low academic achievement among the children of Haitian immigrants.
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- Nicholas, Tekla., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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The desire for academic success is shared by Haitian parents and their American-born children. Yet, despite this will to succeed, second generation Haitian students have been shown to fare poorly in school when compared to other ethnic groups. This qualitative study revealed that students' poor results in high school were not due to adversarial attitudes toward education; rather, they reflected inadequate foundations in basic academic skills. In particular, limited vocabularies hamper the...
Show moreThe desire for academic success is shared by Haitian parents and their American-born children. Yet, despite this will to succeed, second generation Haitian students have been shown to fare poorly in school when compared to other ethnic groups. This qualitative study revealed that students' poor results in high school were not due to adversarial attitudes toward education; rather, they reflected inadequate foundations in basic academic skills. In particular, limited vocabularies hamper the academic achievement of many Haitian American students. Some students who expected that passing grades would lead to college are unable to pass the FCAT exam required to earn a high school diploma. Surprisingly, the highest levels of academic achievement were attained by the students with the poorest and least educated parents. They displayed extraordinary motivation attributed to a strong sense of familial obligation.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77648
- Subject Headings
- Minorities, Education, Haitian Americans, Education, Children of immigrants, Education, Motivation in education
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Between Waves.
- Creator
- Jensen, Rebecca, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Between Waves is a lyrical memoir that explores the changes I faced in transitioning into American life after growing up in rural England. The book is written in two parts; the first is set mostly in England, the second takes place primarily in Florida. I interweave a present, reflective voice through both parts to challenge the ideas of love, loss, and learning to say goodbye as well as attempting to illustrate how perceptions of each can change over time. The lyrical structure of the memoir...
Show moreBetween Waves is a lyrical memoir that explores the changes I faced in transitioning into American life after growing up in rural England. The book is written in two parts; the first is set mostly in England, the second takes place primarily in Florida. I interweave a present, reflective voice through both parts to challenge the ideas of love, loss, and learning to say goodbye as well as attempting to illustrate how perceptions of each can change over time. The lyrical structure of the memoir allows for swift transition between memories, themes, and locations without limitations of a chronological or linear storyline. The stories detailed throughout the memoir are meditative, subjective perceptions that intend to determine what it means to be a child, a parent, a transplant, and what it means to find home within it all.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004833, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004833
- Subject Headings
- Jensen, Rebecca., Immigrants--United States--Personal narratives., Memory--Social aspects.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Cumulative trauma among adult Mayas living in southeast Florida.
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- Millender, Eugenia I., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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The toxic combination of social, psychological, environmental, cultural, and physiological trauma Mayas living in Southeast Florida face daily places them at higher risk for mental and physical disorders (Marmot & Wilkinson, 2006; WHO, 2010, September). The burden of disease is not limited to mental disorder comorbidities; psychological stress can also induce or exacerbate chronic medical diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension (Brunner & Marmot, 2006; Sridhar, 2007). ... The...
Show moreThe toxic combination of social, psychological, environmental, cultural, and physiological trauma Mayas living in Southeast Florida face daily places them at higher risk for mental and physical disorders (Marmot & Wilkinson, 2006; WHO, 2010, September). The burden of disease is not limited to mental disorder comorbidities; psychological stress can also induce or exacerbate chronic medical diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension (Brunner & Marmot, 2006; Sridhar, 2007). ... The continuation of this disregard will add to the health disparity of this nation by delaying assessment, treatment, and development of interventions. The purpose of this study was to explore cumulative trauma as it related to social determinants of health and pathophysiological, psychological, and health behaviors of 102 adult Mayas living in Southeast Florida. The trauma profile for the Mayan population sample obtained through this study reflected high exposure to different types of trauma; collective identity trauma was most frequently reported, followed by survival trauma, achievement trauma, secondary trauma, and personal identity trauma, with high rates of repetition of the same traumas ... Key words: Maya; alcohol; ASSIST; cumulative trauma; Beck Depression Inventory-II; genocide; Guatemala; Hispanic; social determinants of health.
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- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362554
- Subject Headings
- Psychic trauma, Adjustment (Psychology), Resilience (Personality trait), Medicine and psychology, Immigrants, Cultural assimilation
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- Document (PDF)
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- The value of worthless lives: Italian immigrant autobiographies by "ordinary people".
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- Serra, Ilaria., Florida Atlantic University, Tamburri, Anthony J.
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"Immigrants left tears and sweat, but no memories." This dissertation tries to prove this assertion by the Italian critic Giuseppe Prezzolini wrong. Italian immigrants have sweated and cried, but many of them also left a trace of their "heroic" voyage between two continents, and two worlds, that took place in waves during the entire XX Century. With an oxymoron, I will speak about the value of worthless lives. These authors are no conquerors, saints or celebrities, but they believe that their...
Show more"Immigrants left tears and sweat, but no memories." This dissertation tries to prove this assertion by the Italian critic Giuseppe Prezzolini wrong. Italian immigrants have sweated and cried, but many of them also left a trace of their "heroic" voyage between two continents, and two worlds, that took place in waves during the entire XX Century. With an oxymoron, I will speak about the value of worthless lives. These authors are no conquerors, saints or celebrities, but they believe that their life stories are worth being written and remembered. There are many direct ties between the experience of migration and the need to write an autobiography. Autobiography is a response to the trauma of immigration and provides a kind of sutura for a wounded subject. Besides, immigration creates the "individual." Immigration is a kind of Copernican revolution which destabilizes the sense of human self; the immigrant feels the ground shifting under his feet and loses the center of his life, his home. Autobiography thus becomes the tool to build his/her own centrality, his/her own identity as a particle of this chaotic universe. Furthermore, by migrating, the Italian contadino (the majority of them came from the countryside) leaves a land that kept his family tied down for centuries, but most of all leaves the soil of the amorphous "mass" of suffering farmers, and creates a new individual. But the individuality of Italian immigrant autobiographies is somehow different from the individuality of American autobiographies. Our "unorthodox" authors demand a new critical terminology inviting concepts such as "Quiet Individualism" and "Ethos of the Survivor." The dissertation presents a gallery of immigrant self-portraits: nine immigrant workers; five the immigrant workers with a political conscience; ten immigrant workers with a poet's soul (including a farmer and a stonecutter who wrote two remarkable chivalric poems); five immigrants with religious interests; seven immigrant artists; nine immigrant women; eight graduated immigrants; and finally five successful immigrants, perfectly integrated into American society. In all, fifty-eight portraits that tell life stories and provide us with a lived slice of immigration history.
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- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12088
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants--United States--Biography, Italian Americans--Biography, Autobiography
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Interview with Jerald Posner – ca. 2008.
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- Posner, Jerald (Interviewee), Arnell, Alyssa (Interviewer)
- Date Issued
- 2008-02-09
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT77829
- Subject Headings
- Depressions --1929 --United States, Oceanographers, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jews, Russian -- United States, Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
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- Set of related objects
- Title
- The effects of student participation in the cultural Spanish translation of the Student Success Skills program on high school student achievement.
- Creator
- Urbina, Ivett., College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this quantitative study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Spanish cultural translation of the Student Success Skills (SCT-SSS) classroom program as a school counselor intervention for increasing Hispanic student academic achievement scores as measured by standardized mathematics and reading tests. The research question evaluated in this study was: "What is the effect of student participation in the SCT-SSS on student achievement of high school Hispanic students in...
Show moreThe purpose of this quantitative study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Spanish cultural translation of the Student Success Skills (SCT-SSS) classroom program as a school counselor intervention for increasing Hispanic student academic achievement scores as measured by standardized mathematics and reading tests. The research question evaluated in this study was: "What is the effect of student participation in the SCT-SSS on student achievement of high school Hispanic students in reading and mathematics as measured by Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)"? The sample for this study included 352 Hispanic students in Grades 9 and 10 from two public high schools in south Florida. The treatment group included 166 students and the comparison group included 186 students. In order to be eligible for participation in this study, students had to meet three different criteria: (a) they identified themselves as Hispanic on their school registration form; (b) they were enrolled in a Spanish for Native Speakers foreign language elective course: and (c) they had Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test (FCAT) pretest scores on the reading and math tests. A series of preliminary univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) were conducted to determine if differences existed between participants on the FCAT reading and mathematics pretests Developmental Scale Scores (DSS). To control for grade level and English language learner (ELL) differences between study participants on pretest reading scores, a univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted using the FCAT reading pretest DSS as the covariate. An overall effect size of the current study was +0.50 with a variance of 0.0060 (95% CI [0.35, 0.65])., The results for the overall math effect size was +0.32 with a variance of 0.0115 (95% CI [0.10, .53]), and the results for the overall reading effect sizewas +0.70 with a variance of 0.0127 (95% CI [.48, .93]). These effect sizes were statistically significificant at the.05 level. The results from this study demonstrated that the SCT-SSS classroom program is an effective intervention for increasing student achievement for high school Hispanic students. Students who received the SCT-SSS classroom program achieved greater gains when compared to students who did not receive the intervention.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3334099
- Subject Headings
- Achievement in education, School improvement programs, Children of immigrants, Education, Hispanic American children, Education
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Latinas experiencing transnational motherhood.
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- Sternberg, Rosa Maria., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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Economic changes have made the immigration of women to the United States part of major political and social issues. Women from Latin America frequently immigrate alone and without legal documentation, leaving their children in the care of relatives or friends, thus becoming transnational mothers in the process. Hispanic/Latino groups comprise the largest minority in the U.S., and Latina women account for 48.9% of the total Latino population. This demographic trend is expected to continue, and...
Show moreEconomic changes have made the immigration of women to the United States part of major political and social issues. Women from Latin America frequently immigrate alone and without legal documentation, leaving their children in the care of relatives or friends, thus becoming transnational mothers in the process. Hispanic/Latino groups comprise the largest minority in the U.S., and Latina women account for 48.9% of the total Latino population. This demographic trend is expected to continue, and Hispanic/Latino groups are projected to experience the largest population increase in the coming decades (Marshall, Urrutia-Rojas, Soto-Mas & Coggin, 2005). The separation from their family has a strong impact on the health and well-being of these women, rendering them vulnerable to health care barriers and health disparities. This qualitative research study explored the experiences of Latinas living transnational motherhood. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Latin as living transnational motherhood between the ages 21- 39. The findings in this study describe the lived experience of Latina transnational mothers within their social, economic and cultural context. The narrative was analyzed using van Manen's (1990) interpretative hermeneutic phenomenological approach to narrative analysis. Findings indicate that Latinas experiencing transnational motherhood find meaning in mothering from afar through sacrifice, suffering, and hopefulness for a better life for their children, and for family reunification. Findings from this study inform nurses of the health care barriers that these Latinas living transnational motherhood encounter as they experience hardship in order to support their families abroad as well as themselves., Nurses caring for women who immigrate without their children are presented with professional and ethical challenges that require nurses to be knowledgeable about these women's pre- and post-immigration experiences findings of this study help narrowing the gap of information regarding lived experiences of Latinas transnational mothers. This knowledge offers guidance to the development of care that is compassionate, ethical and culturally appropriate.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3333040
- Subject Headings
- Latin America, Emigration and Immigration, Social aspects, Parental deprivation, Families, Cross-cultural studies, Transnationalism, Nursing, Social aspects, Communication in nursing, Emigration and Immigration, Social aspects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effects of a culturally translated school counselor-led intervention on the academic achievement of fourth and fifth grade Haitian students.
- Creator
- Jean-Jacques, Velouse Jean-Pierre., College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Haitian Hybrid Student Success Skills (HHSSS) program on the academic achievement of 4th and 5th grade Haitian students. This intervention included both the Student Success Skills (SSS) classroom program in English (Brigman & Webb, 2004), followed by the Haitian SSS small group translation Teknik Pou Ede Eláev Reyisi (Brigman, Campbell, & Webb 2004, 2009). School counselors in the treatment schools implemented the HHSSS program in...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Haitian Hybrid Student Success Skills (HHSSS) program on the academic achievement of 4th and 5th grade Haitian students. This intervention included both the Student Success Skills (SSS) classroom program in English (Brigman & Webb, 2004), followed by the Haitian SSS small group translation Teknik Pou Ede Eláev Reyisi (Brigman, Campbell, & Webb 2004, 2009). School counselors in the treatment schools implemented the HHSSS program in grades 4 and 5 after receiving training from the study researcher. A series of ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses then were conducted to determine whether there were significant differences between the treatment group, the comparison group 1, and the comparison group 2 in reading and math using the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) as a benchmark. Statistically significant differences were found between: (a) the treatment group and comparison group 1 in reading, (b) the treatment group and vii comparison group 2 in reading, and (c) between both comparison group 1 and comparison group 2 in reading. This study provides empirical support showing that students who are taught key cognitive and self management skills in their native language can begin to close the academic gap regardless of their language background. Furthermore, it supports the positive impact school counselors can have on student success by implementing an evidence-based program.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3332255
- Subject Headings
- Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Achievement in education, Motivation in education, Children of immigrants, Education, School improvement programs, Educational counseling
- Format
- Document (PDF)
