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Our Stories, Our Voices: The Lived Experiences Of Black Families With Young Children During Covid-19, Devalin Jackson

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of Black families raising young children during shelter in place orders and distance learning due to Covid-19. The study was conducted virtually through Zoom and Google form due to county shelter in place orders. Participants were recruited from the school in which the researcher worked. Through the use of virtual interviews, the five participants highlighted themes of reconnections, isolations, empowerment, family values and conversations. The families shared experiences of resilience and hope and brought thoughts of how these experiences could be highlighted in instructional and curriculum designs; especially during …

Cross-Cultural Adaptation Of Mandarin-Speaking Undergraduate Students In The United States, Enhao Wang

Master's Projects and Capstones

ABSTRACT

Studying in the United States is many Chinese students' dream, but those who manage to achieve it encounter two main problems. The first one is the language barrier and the second one cultural shock. Chine is the highest provider of international students with 30% from statistics of 2017/2018 class. The primary language spoken by Chinese is the Mandarin language. All the other languages come in as a second language to most Chinese, including English. When they travel out of their country to further education as students, they are hampered by language barriers as they navigate through their struggle.

China …

Undocumented Asian Immigrants: Securing Higher Education And Cultural Citizenship, Ka Kui Lee

Master's Theses

This research investigates how undocumented Asian immigrants navigate the obstacles of higher education. It inquires how undocumented Asian immigrant students navigated the higher education process and how institutional actors influenced their college experience, revealing the intimate interactions between undocumented students and the institutional actors. The political economy of their college application process is understood through the frameworks of liminal legality, narratives, cultural citizenship, borders and boundaries, and governmentality of migration, all of which frame the process of the data analysis.

Through the interviews of college-graduated undocumented Asian immigrants and ethnography at a local high school in the San Francisco Bay …

Centering Community Voices Through Children's Literature: Co-Authoring An #Ownvoices Picture Book For The Maine Migrant Education Program, Melanie Shelton

Master's Theses

Since its inception, the field of migrant education has been characterized by a tension between honoring the subjectivity of migrant families and positioning them as victims. This same tension exists in the analysis of children’s picture books that depict the daily lives of migrant farmworkers. In response to Eve Tuck’s (2009) call for a moratorium on damage-centered research in the field of education, this report describes the collaboration process between a representative of the Maine Migrant Education Program and a migrant

farmworker and her family to write, illustrate, and present an autobiographical picture book. Las aventuras, travesuras, y peligros del …

Educational Equity And Informal Stem Field Trip Programming, Sal Alper

Master's Theses

Informal STEM field trip programming is a large, yet under-researched area of the education landscape. Informal STEM education providers are often serving a more privileged section of society, leading to a risk of perpetuating inequalities seen throughout the education landscape. In an attempt to address the lack of research, this thesis explores the relationship between educational equity and informal STEM field trips. The intention was to collect data using a critical ethnography approach to the methods of qualitative questionnaire and interviews of informal STEM educators. A change in circumstances from the global pandemic of COVID-19 caused a shift in this …

Singing The Dark Times In There There, Rachel Brahinsky

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Rachel Brahinsky uses the Toni Morrison's ideas of map-making and place to consider Oakland as the center in Tommy Orange's There There.

Embodied Prayer In Tommy Orange’S There There: Reaching The All-The-Way-There Place, Christina Garcia Lopez

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Christina Garcia Lopez considers embodied prayer as a place for belonging in There There by Tommy Orange instead of places that are geographically rooted.

“If We Learn For Ourselves, We Don’T Have To Be Taught”: Native Childhood And Pedagogies Of Becoming In Tommy Orange’S There There, Samira Abdur-Rahman

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Samira Abdur-Rahman looks at how Native children and youth develop their identities in Tommy Orange's There There.

Memories, Stories, And The Search For Our Place, Monisha Bajaj

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Through the themes of home, displacement, and exile, Monisha Bajaj reflects on her family history and also her role as a scholar of migration and education in the Bay Area.

American Indian And African American Urban Spatial Imaginaries, Tanu Sankalia

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Tanu Sankalia explores American Indian urban spatial imaginary in Tommy Orange's There There through the architect Walter Hood on West Oakland built environments and African American urban spatial imaginary.

Self And Belonging In Movement, Christine J. Yeh

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Christine Yeh writes about displacement and new identities created through movement in There There by Tommy Orange.

Resituating The Expert: What Educational Consulting Work With Tribal Communities Has Taught Me About Being An Educator, Desiree D. Zerquera

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Desiree D. Zerquera's experience as an educational consultant for Tribal Colleges and Universities forces her to reconsider the idea of being an "expert."

Parallel Worlds In Oakland, Rick Ayers

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Rick Ayers explores the layers of community and place in Oakland and how Tommy Orange's There There traces a world that Ayers did not know existed.

Indian, Vijaya Nagarajan

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Vijaya Nagarajan traces her personal identity, religious studies scholarship, and the ritual life.

Indian Present, Indian Presence, Michael Rozendal

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Michael Rozendal looks for Indian Oakland that is present here and now in the Bay Area.

The Multifaceted Identity Of Trauma, Lisa De La Rue

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Lisa de la Rue looks at the visibility and invisibility of communities of color in the Bay Area and the impact on an individual's identity.

There There: Tracing Structural Discrimination, Health, Identity, And Resilience, Erin Grinshteyn

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Erin Grinshteyn outlines structural discrimination and resulting health disparities in Native American populations in There There by Tommy Orange.

Exploring Place And Identities In A Modern World: The Power Of Stories, Marisa Knight

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Marisa Knight writes about the psychological processes of narrative and engagement with literature.

Things To Do In Weatherford, Oklahoma, Dean Rader

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Poem by Dean Rader

Exploring Place And Identity In A Modern World: Usf Scholars Respond To There There By Tommy Orange, Saera R. Khan, Christine J. Yeh

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Using the novel as a source of inspiration, USF faculty across the university were invited to provide their research, artistic, and scholarly perspective through essays, reflections, or artistic pieces on themes about “place and identity in a modern world.”

Both And Neither, Sophie Engle

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Sophie Engle writes about her experience with otherness and imposter syndrome in STEM.

Emerging From Collective Derailment, Saera R. Khan

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Saera Khan outlines collective derailment in the characters of There There by Tommy Orange.

An Investigation Of California Classroom Teachers' Beliefs And Ratings Of Creativity In Dance, Patricia R. Reedy

Doctoral Dissertations

Creativity is a fundamental aim of art education. Because classroom teachers are responsible for teaching the arts at the elementary-school level, how they perceive and recognize creativity effects the quality of art education their students receive. This study investigated California teachers' beliefs about creativity in dance and the relationship of their beliefs to their ratings of student dance compositions. It also investigated the extent of agreement in creativity ratings across teachers and between teachers and dance experts. Classroom teachers’ beliefs were collected through a research-constructed questionnaire, and classroom teachers (n=74) and dance experts (n=35) rated students’ creative-dance products using a …

Black Students, White Schools, And Racism: Exploring The Experiences, Challenges, And Resilience Of Black Students At Private K-12 Predominantly White Institutions (Pwis) Through Adult Reflections, Sade Ojuola

Master's Theses

This project examines the challenging racialized experiences of Black students who attended private predominantly white institutions (PWIs) during their K-12 education, with a particular focus on the long-term impact of those experiences. The existing literature contains valuable data about the experiences of Black students in predominantly white private schools. However, an important gap in the literature exists regarding the reflections and understandings developed over time by Black adults who attended predominantly white private schools. This field project aims to explore the beliefs that were borne of those experiences and how those experiences ultimately become interwoven into a Black student’s identity …

Teachers' Perceptions Of The Nine Defining Characteristics Of Catholic Identity In Ursuline Secondary Schools Of The Usa, Barbara Ann Middendorf

Doctoral Dissertations

Catholic schools are integral to the Catholic Church’s mission of evangelization. A Catholic educational institution is a place to encounter the living God who is Jesus Christ. Education is the concern and task of the Church, called to serve humankind from the heart of God. This study examined the perceptions of teachers working in Roman Union, Ursuline secondary schools of the Central Province of the United States regarding the extent to which the nine defining characteristics of Catholic identity were present in their respective schools and classrooms. For this research, Catholic identity was operationally defined using the seminal Catholic education …