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: 2149449
• 负责人: Neil Harvey
• 金额: $ 39.94万
• 依托单位: New Mexico State University
• 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=2149449&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）网站计划资助。REU计划具有科学和社会效益，整合了研究和教育。这一更新项目将使来自社会科学领域代表性不足群体的本科生得到进一步培训。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的培训，特别是在新墨西哥州的埃尔帕索/拉斯克鲁塞斯地区。由于移民和边境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高度动态和复杂地区边境社区的影响。学生将学习收集和分析定性和定量数据的技术，因为他们与从事移民和边境执法辩论的当地组织合作。目标是进行与当地需求高度相关的研究，而不是纯粹基于理论问题的学术研究。学生将探讨与墨西哥和中美洲移民的根本原因，入境口岸和内部检查站边境执法的影响，以及联邦移民执法和边境社区之间的关系有关的主题。该项目将有助于为学术界、政府和非营利部门培养下一代应用社会科学家，同时也为移民政策奖学金做出贡献。该项目旨在解决现有文献中有关移民根源以及联邦移民和边境安全政策对当地影响的空白，同时为本科生、特别是那些来自社会科学领域代表性不足的群体的人，使用基于社区的启发性研究（CBPR）进行学术STEM研究和职业生涯。该计划有三个主要目标：1）通过让学生参与移民政策的跨学科研究项目，为学生提供进行高质量CBPR的机会; 2）将奖学金纳入移民和边境研究; 3）为学生进行合作研究做好准备，并在各种学术和社区场所展示研究结果。学生活动将在为期九周的暑期课程中进行，包括九个研讨会、教师指导和合作研究，最终形成书面产品和会议演示文稿。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。