Arby M. Ghemari: Asset-Based Frameworks for Highlighting the Brokering Experiences of an Arabic-Speaking Multicultural Liaison in Refugee Education

March 13, 2024 10:00 AM Online

This alternative dissertation explored the multifaceted roles and experiences of multicultural liaisons in refugee education through a qualitative case study focused on a single participant, Amira, an Arabic-speaking liaison with refugee background. Whereas the body of research studies focused on child cultural brokers is extensive there is a notable gap in studies focused on adult...

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Abijah L. MANGA: Understanding How Families with Refugee Backgrounds Promote Their Community Cultural Wealth in the Transition to a U.S. College Education: A Case Study of a Congolese Family

Continuing political conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have pushed many individuals to seek refuge in other countries. The U.S.  has remained one of the preferred destinations for refugees and immigrants from various parts of the world (UNHCR, 2022). According to the literature on displaced people and their resettlement, the U.S.

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Dolan, C.V.: Nonbinary BIPOC College Students’ Freedom Dreams of Utopia

In this critical, hermeneutic phenomenological study (Gadamer, 2012; van Manen, 2016; Weiss et al., 2020), I met with 13 nonbinary Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC) collegian co-investigators multiple times to discuss their freedom dreams for utopia (Kelley, 2002/2022; Muñoz, 2009).

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