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Aspirations and Challenges for Undocumented Student Success offers a comprehensive review of rigorous, innovative, and critical scholarship profiling the scope and terrain on undocumented student success.
List of contents
Section 1: Aspirations, Dreams Deferred, and the Fight for Equity
1. Dream Big: Exploring Empowering Processes of Dream Act Advocacy in a Focal State, Journal of Latinos and Education
Brad Forenza and Carolina Mendonca
2. Politically Excluded, Undocu-Engaged: The Perceived Effect of Hostile Immigration Policies on Undocumented Student Political Engagement
William E. Rosalez, Laura E. Enriquez, and Jennifer R. Najera
3. Exploring the Meaning and Paths of Advocacy for Undocumented Students’ Access to Education
Emily R. Crawford and Noelle Witherspoon Arnold
4. “To Me, It’s Not about Immigration Status”: Divergent Perceptions of Legal Status among Undocumented College Students
Daniel Millan
Section 2: Parents and Families
5. Pathways to Achievement: Career and Educational Aspirations and Expectations of Latina/o Immigrant Parents and Early Adolescents
Gabriela Chavira, Catherine R. Cooper, and Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado
6. “Que Luchen por sus Intereses (To Fight for Your Interests): Unearthing Critical Counter-Narratives of Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Parents
Kevin Roxas and Maria L. Gabriel
7. Bienvenido a Nuestra Escuela: A Thematic Exploration of Challenges and Potential Solutions to Creating Culturally Responsive Models of Parent-School Collaboration for Latino Immigrant Families
Eric Shyman and Samuel Rodriguez
Section 3: Testimonios, Identities, and Experiences
8. Fear of Deportation in High School: Implications for Breaking the Circle of Silence Surrounding Migration Status
Julian Jefferies
9. The Educational Experiences of DACA Recipients, Journal of Latinos and Education
Jena B. Casas
10. Testimonios de Immigrantes: Students Educating Future Teachers
M. Saray Gonzalez, Oscar Plata, Erika Garcia, et al.
11. Healing Images and Narratives: Undocumented Chicana/Latina Pedagogies of Resistance
Lindsay Perez Huber
About the author
Enrique G. Murillo Jr. is Professor of Education at California State University, USA; Executive Director of the Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Organization; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Latinos and Education; and founder of the National Latino Education Network (NLEN).
Sharon Velarde Pierce is Associate Professor of Public Administration at California State University, USA.
Summary
Aspirations and Challenges for Undocumented Student Success offers a comprehensive review of rigorous, innovative, and critical scholarship profiling the scope and terrain on undocumented student success.
