2025: Empowering the Future through Education, Diversity, and Hope

Effects of mixed family immigration status on cultural adaptation and acculturation through education

Location

Hemmingson Ballroom

Start Date

15-4-2025 11:15 AM

End Date

15-4-2025 12:15 AM

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In an increasingly political time in U.S. history, monitoring the effects of legislation has become a critical part of the education system’s role in socializing students. For many years, socialization has become a topic of discussion describing the way in which humans learn to navigate the world through interactions with the world. The educational system is a prominent actor in the process of socialization and identity formation. This study analyzes the effects of socialization on K-16 students as they navigate the United States education system. Central to this study are children in mixed-immigration-status families. This identity is one that goes unseen, yet students must navigate their acculturation into U.S. culture knowing this for themselves. How are student experiences in the education system affected by their membership in mixed-immigration-status families? Through research and student interviews, this study uncovers the ways in which expectations are placed on students from a young age through their families. Furthermore, it describes the ways in which student perspectives and ambitions in education and careers differ due to their experiences as children of immigrants.

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Poster Session A

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2025

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Effects of mixed family immigration status on cultural adaptation and acculturation through education

Hemmingson Ballroom

In an increasingly political time in U.S. history, monitoring the effects of legislation has become a critical part of the education system’s role in socializing students. For many years, socialization has become a topic of discussion describing the way in which humans learn to navigate the world through interactions with the world. The educational system is a prominent actor in the process of socialization and identity formation. This study analyzes the effects of socialization on K-16 students as they navigate the United States education system. Central to this study are children in mixed-immigration-status families. This identity is one that goes unseen, yet students must navigate their acculturation into U.S. culture knowing this for themselves. How are student experiences in the education system affected by their membership in mixed-immigration-status families? Through research and student interviews, this study uncovers the ways in which expectations are placed on students from a young age through their families. Furthermore, it describes the ways in which student perspectives and ambitions in education and careers differ due to their experiences as children of immigrants.