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My dissertation highlights two ways in which intergenerational relationships can be studied in light of increasing population heterogeneity. One approach is to assess whether immigrants and their descendants adopt "mainstream" attitudes, norms and behaviors related to parent-chi…

This study explored how Turkish transnational families maintain intergenerational relationships. A grounded-theory approach was used to conduct and analyze in-depth qualitative interviews with 30 Turkish immigrants in the United States (U.S.). In an effort to contextualize the e…

This dissertation presents an ethnographic portrait of what life was like for Iranian Jewish women living in Iran and now in America. From 2004 to 2006, I have conducted interviews with three generations of Iranian Jewish women--grandmothers, mothers, and daughters--who currentl…

Introduction: It is well known, and well documented that Indigenous conceptualizations of wellness differ from Western conceptualizations. Using Western parameters and formulations to appraise Indigenous health and wellness is highly problematic.