Doctoral Dissertation Research: Educational and Occupational Outcomes of Adult Children of Brazilian Immigrants in the US

最近对移民子女的社会学研究表明，一些变量（即较暗的种族表型和父母的低人力资本）增加了向下同化的机会，而其他因素可以作为防止向下同化的保护性障碍（即强大的共同种族社区和双文化主义的使用）。包括文件状态和当地社区背景，对教育、职业和政治合并过程的探索不足。本论文以分段同化理论为基础，研究巴西移民的1.5代和第二代子女融合的这些方面。利用对巴西家庭收集的调查数据和对巴西移民成年子女的50次深度访谈，本项目探讨了文件状态和当地社区背景如何影响巴西移民的经历，特别是他们融入美国社会的方式。本研究还通过将分段同化方法扩展到政治融入，以及教育/职业融入与政治融入之间的关系，从而有助于社会学对移民融入的理解。此外，它谈到了社会分层和高等教育的更一般的理论，因为它考虑了文件地位如何作为分层的一个轴，它不同于阶级和种族，在形式上将个人排除在社会之外。更广泛地说，这项研究对政策制定者来说很重要，因为他们正在讨论移民接受高等教育的权利、支付这种教育的财政援助以及移民子女获得公民身份的途径。

SES-0727933Leah VanWeyKara CebulkoIndiana UniversityRecent sociological research focusing on children of immigrants has shown that some variables (i.e., darker racial phenotypes and low human capital of parents) increase the chances of downward assimilation while other factors can act as protective barriers against downward assimilation (i.e., strong co-ethnic communities and use of biculturalism) However, the effects of important factors, including documentation status and local community context, on educational, occupational, and political incorporation processes have been underexplored. This dissertation research builds on theories of segmented assimilation to study these aspects of incorporation among 1.5 and second generation children of Brazilian immigrants. Using both survey data collected on Brazilian households and 50 in-depth interviews with adult children of Brazilian immigrants, this project examines the ways in which documentation status and local community context affect the experiences of Brazilian immigrants, particularly their incorporation into American society. This research also contributes to sociological understandings of immigrant incorporation by extending the segmented assimilation approach not only to political incorporation, but also to the relationship between educational/occupational incorporation and political incorporation. Moreover, it speaks to more general theories of social stratification and higher education as it considers how documentation status acts as an axis of stratification, which unlike class and race, formally excludes individuals from society. More broadly, this research is important for policy makers as they discuss the rights of immigrants to higher education, financial aid to pay for such education, and pathways to citizenship for children of immigrants.