Stephanie Wu - The Role of Linguistic Capital in the Health Perceptions of Formerly Detained and Deported Hispanic Immigrant Men
Thousands of immigrants, primarily Hispanic men, are currently detained in detention centers and correctional facilities throughout the U.S. However, little is known about how language affects the way in which individuals understand the role of detention in their physical and mental health outcomes. Through conducting interviews with 29 formerly detained and deported Hispanic adult men, I found that individuals with high linguistic capital, or who were fluent in English, generally had positive interactions with correctional officers…
Sally Chen - “Take Root”: Community Formation at the San Francisco Chinatown Branch Public Library 1970s-1990s
The Chinatown Branch serves as a case study for the Chinese American community in San Francisco as they formed and contested new narratives of what it meant to be Chinese American from the 1970s-1990s. Through examining the Chinatown Branch as the culmination of the unrecognized labor of the Chinatown Branch librarians, this thesis shows the forms of work that undergirded processes of community formation in the context of changing U.S. immigration policy, growing and diversifying populations, and San Francisco, California, and national politics of the time.