The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and the UCLA Center for Immigration Law & Policy are conducting a survey to “identify undocumented student needs, evaluate the kinds of campus resources currently available and useful to students, and put… Read More ›
Research
New Research Brief on Undocumented Student Resource Centers at Community Colleges
The UndocuScholars Project at UCLA has published a new research brief in their Policy and Research Brief Series titled “Physical Space and Expert Staffing: Undocumented Student Resource Centers at Community Colleges.” The authors of the brief, Rachel Freeman-Wong, Trisha Mazumder,… Read More ›
My Journey to Academia as a Formerly Undocumented Scholar
By DAYSI I was unsure whether I would ever enroll in college after high school, let alone become a professor and researcher. My journey to higher education mirrors the experiences of many undocumented immigrants and deeply motivated my work in the… Read More ›
Nurturing Illegalized Thought Into a Disruptive and Guiding Force
Guest interview featuring Joel As part of the UndocuScholarship series at My Undocumented Life, we had the opportunity to interview Joel who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s data science initiative. Joel has led efforts to support undocumented students in… Read More ›
(Un)studied Complicity: Cross-examining Undocumented Immigrant Student Participation in the U.S. Education System
Guest interview featuring Alonso As part of the UndocuScholarship series at My Undocumented Life, we had the opportunity to interview Alonso who is currently the Middle School & Family Engagement Director and Ethnic Studies Adjunct Faculty at Salt Lake Community… Read More ›
Towards UndocuScholarship: Using Our Lived Experiences to Craft Space and Representation in Academia
By RAFA Have you ever heard the common expression, “life is like a movie”? As a four-year-old child, who arrived with my family in South Central, Los Angeles in the early 90s, my life felt like a movie. However, the movie… Read More ›
Announcement of New Series: UndocuScholarship: Research by Formerly and Currently Undocumented Scholars
By LUCY, CAROLINA, and RACHEL At My Undocumented Life Blog, we are excited to announce a new series called UndocuScholarship: Research by Formerly and Currently Undocumented Scholars. With support from The UndocuScholars Project at the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and… Read More ›
New Article on the Consequences of Parental Detentions and Deportations
The Spring 2021 issue of the Harvard Educational Review is out and I had the opportunity to contribute an article titled, “I Became a Mom Overnight: How Parental Detentions and Deportations Impact Young Adults’ Roles and Educational Experiences.” The article… Read More ›
[Guest Covid19 series post] Conducting Research with Undocumented and Mixed-Status Families During COVID: Ethics, Practices, and Methods
By DANIELA A growing body of research on undocumented migration explores the production of U.S. immigration policy and enforcement, including its effects on undocumented and mixed-status families (where at least one member is undocumented). Research on the lived experiences of undocumented… Read More ›
UndocuScholarship: Check out the work of formerly/currently undocumented scholars!
My Undocumented Life and UndocuPhDs have partnered to curate a list of publications that are written by currently or formerly undocumented folks. This is a growing list that includes books, dissertations/MA thesis, academic articles, chapters, and reports. You can find… Read More ›