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The Islamic community boasts of being one united community. Its cornerstone belief is Tawheed (oneness of G-d). Its fundamental principle is the Unity of G-d, and this speaks to the unity of humanity. Yet when you look at the Islamic community over its almost fifteen century his…

South Asian Muslim American (SAMA) communities have a multi-generational presence in the United States. SAMA communities face old problems in new landscapes and new problems with traditional perspectives. One social-issue SAMA communities face is the increase of alcohol use and …

School districts across the country are responsible for providing a fair and equitable education to all students who enter its doors. The current flows of immigration have created a challenge for educational agencies to meet the needs of newcomer immigrant adolescent students. A…

This qualitative phenomenological research inquiry was designed to explore the lived experiences, challenges, and successes of 24 immigrant Nigerian women leaders living and working in California. It also explored the factors that influenced these women to aspire to leadership p…

The purpose of this study is to enhance the self-esteem of immigrant women who are members of Antioch Baptist Church of Hawaii. This project was conducted as a pastoral group counseling sessions with 9 participants for 12 weeks. And it is a report that observes and evaluates the…

This research investigates approaches to successfully facilitate acculturation of Russian immigrants into the American mainstream both during the Cold War and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Primary research methods included interviews with Russian immigrants using anon-…

While the United States essentially developed as a nation of immigrants, public opinion and immigration policy has been anything but consistent throughout its short history. In recent history, fears of foreigners escalated after the September 11th attacks, with public opinion an…

Immigrant youth living in new immigration countries such as Spain stand at the intersection of competing discourses and policies, their unexpected presence in schools and society opening up dilemmas and debates related to questions of difference, belonging, and identity. This di…

Due to the language barrier, culture clash, and the nature of the migration of the elderly Iranian immigrants to the United States from a culture with history, traditions and values drastically contrasting the countries of the Western world, this generation of older adults is vu…

Adolescence can be a difficult time for youth, and several additional factors intensify the stress and risk associated with adolescence for refugee youth. Refugee adolescents, for example, often have to learn and speak different languages in different contexts, establish new pee…

This two-year qualitative study examined parental involvement, advocacy in particular, of four Arabic-speaking Muslim couples who fled Iraq to the United States as refugees. Through interviews and ethnographic observations at their homes, children's schools, religious and social…

Islamic norms and Islamophobia present unique challenges for Muslim adolescents attending public high schools in United States. Yet, Muslim youth see Islam not just as religion but also as a guiding force and a way of life. Additionally, they negotiate multiple social identities…

This thesis examines suicide in Boston's Ethiopian Community. The act of suicide and individual cases are explored through participant narratives. Narratives from family members and acquaintances of those who died by suicide are examined. I rely on in-depth (N=8) and follow-up i…

In the last decade, the immigrant population in Allegheny County has doubled and currently accounts for approximately seven percent of the general population. This number, despite being low, especially compared to other counties and states, is very diverse from an ethnic point v…

This ethnographic study examines the processes of identity negotiation among immigrant children at a Cypriot public primary school. It particularly focuses on the ways in which children situate themselves in, through, and across contexts (the home, the school, the playground) of…

Because of the increase in minority immigrant student enrolment in the K-12 and consequently the higher educational system, there is a corresponding need to ensure that their specific needs are taken care of. Postsecondary multicultural developmental education can be part of the…

Pledging Transnational Allegiances: Nationhood, Selfhood, and Belonging in Asian American and Jewish American Narratives, represents a comparative study of immigrant fiction that traces its development over the course of the twentieth century. The use of Jewish American and Asia…

This inductive study explored the indigenous understandings and beliefs about suffering and healing of a sample of South Asian immigrant women. All seven of the participants had immigrated to the U.S. in the last ten years from South Asian countries, were of working class backgr…