REU Site: Collaborative Research: Undergraduate Research on Immigration Policy

REU 网站：合作研究：移民政策本科生研究

• 批准号: 2149452
• 负责人: Jeremy Slack
• 金额: $ 9.75万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149452&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Research; Undergraduate

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). The REU program has both scientific and societal benefits integrating research and education. This renewal project will allow for further training of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in the social sciences. Each summer, ten students will receive training in research methods related to issues facing the border region, particularly in the El Paso/ Las Cruces areas of New Mexico. With immigration and border issues remaining central to national policy debates, more on the ground research is needed to truly understand the nature of enforcement measures and their impacts on border communities in a highly dynamic and complex region. Students will learn techniques for collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data as they collaborate with local organizations engaged with immigration and border enforcement debates. The goal is to produce research that is highly relevant to local needs, rather than academic research based purely on theoretical concerns. Students will explore topics related to the root causes of migration from Mexico and Central America, the impacts of border enforcement at ports of entry and interior checkpoints, as well as the relationships between federal immigration enforcement and border communities. This project will help to produce the next generation of applied social scientists for the academy, government, and the nonprofit sector, while also contributing to the scholarship on immigration policy.The project seeks to address gaps in existing literature concerning the root causes of migration as well as the local impacts of federal immigration and border security policies, while preparing undergraduate students, especially those who are from groups that are underrepresented in the social sciences, to pursue academic STEM studies and careers using Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The program has three main goals: 1) Provide students with opportunities to conduct quality CBPR by involving them in interdisciplinary research projects on immigration policy; 2) integrate scholarship in migration and border studies; and, 3) prepare students to conduct collaborative research and present findings in a variety of academic and community venues. Student activities will be grounded within a nine-week summer program comprised of nine workshops, faculty mentorship, and collaborative research resulting in written products and conference presentations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目由社会、行为和经济科学局(SBE)的本科生研究经验(REU)站点计划资助。REU计划将研究和教育结合在一起，具有科学和社会效益。这一更新项目将允许对社会科学中代表性不足群体的本科生进行进一步培训。每年夏天，10名学生将接受与边境地区面临的问题有关的研究方法培训，特别是在新墨西哥州的埃尔帕索/拉斯克鲁塞斯地区。由于移民和边界问题仍然是国家政策辩论的核心，需要进行更多的实地研究，以真正了解执法措施的性质及其对一个高度动态和复杂区域的边境社区的影响。学生将学习收集和分析定性和定量数据的技术，因为他们与参与移民和边境执法辩论的当地组织合作。其目标是产生与当地需求高度相关的研究，而不是纯粹基于理论关切的学术研究。学生将探讨与来自墨西哥和中美洲的移民的根本原因、入境口岸和国内检查站的边境执法的影响以及联邦移民执法和边境社区之间的关系等主题。这个项目将有助于为学术、政府和非营利部门培养下一代应用社会科学家，同时也有助于移民政策的学术研究。该项目寻求解决现有文献中关于移民根本原因以及联邦移民和边境安全政策对当地影响的空白，同时培养本科生，特别是那些来自社会科学中代表性不足的群体的学生，利用基于社区的参与性研究(CBPR)来进行学术STEM研究和职业生涯。该计划有三个主要目标：1)通过让学生参与关于移民政策的跨学科研究项目，为他们提供进行高质量CBPR的机会；2)整合移民和边境研究方面的奖学金；以及3)培养学生进行合作研究并在各种学术和社区场所展示研究成果的能力。学生活动将以为期九周的暑期计划为基础，包括九个研讨会、教师指导和合作研究，产生书面产品和会议报告。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。