Publication Type: Single Paper Format
Abstract: Ongoing reaction and feedback from immigrant participants in a unique bilingual master’s program for alternative teacher certification point to the need for acculturative support during the induction year and beyond. Insights and recommendations regarding adjustment needs will be shared.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Previous studies of suburbanization have often focused on phenomenon such as community attachment and attitudes towards growth under the assumption that suburbs are relatively homogenous communities made up of residents fleeing cities or more urban areas into a countryside empty of any previous residents (Baldassare 1994, 1992a, 1992b; Baldassare and Protash 1982; Shelton and Feagin 1992). Other research has highlighted important differences between groups of newcomers and long-time residents in suburbanizing settings with important implications for interaction and the status of community as a whole (Salamon 2003; Bell 1997; Spain 1993; Fitchen 1991; Greider, Krannich and Berry 1991; Gold 1985). In this paper, I use a case study to examine the history and patterns of interaction between long-time residents and newcomers and how these two groups view each other in Harvest Home, Kentucky and explore the implications for community life and the future of the town. Harvest Home is a Northern Kentucky town on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose population nearly doubled between 1990 and 2000. In-depth interviews with 47 long-time residents of Harvest Home, observation at public meetings and archival research in the local newspaper for the past 40 years reveal important differences between the perceptions of long-time residents and newcomers about each group. In general, newcomers are less aware of differences between themselves and long-time residents and more commonly see those differences in a positive light. Long-time residents are much more likely to perceive differences between themselves and newcomers and to understand these differences as negative. Most important to long-time residents is their perception that newcomers are more mobile and this mobility makes them less invested in the community. These perceptions have important implications for how both groups view issues such as historic preservation in the town.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This individual case study is intended to describe the differences in a newcomer Korean infant’s interactions between Korean and American caregivers in a day care center in the United States. This study is significant in that the its findings could yield insights of what approaches could help those newcomers to adjust themselves to the new environment as quickly and safely as possible with regard to the language and culture effect in the new classroom particularly in case that he or she recently came from another country. Therefore, it provides meaningful information about how caregivers and teachers can intervene in the inclusion/adjustment of young children from another country, within a classroom. Even though a lot of researches have been done on infant-caregiver interactions, a comparative study between different caregivers seems to have been rarely done in relation to the effect of the caregiver’s language and culture on the infant’s interaction. The main strategy of an inquiry was participant observation which occurred in a natural setting of a classroom, and anecdotes obtained from it are used to describe how differently the infant interacts in verbal or nonverbal ways with the Korean caregiver compared to his interactions with the American caregivers. The focuses of the observation consist of two dimensions, (non)verbal interactions and situation/time impact that includes five different situations such as arrival/departure, eating, diapering, and playing in the classroom or playground. This study connects my own interpretative stance with empirical evidences. From the data analysis, it shows the Korean infant more diverse ways of interactions with the Korean caregiver than those with other American caregivers. Considering that the only differences between the Korean caregiver and American ones were language and culture because all of them had almost the similar period of time in teaching experiences, this study emphasizes how important a newcomer infant has to be provided with language and cultural understanding from caregivers as to help him/her to become a real member of this little society.

Publication Type: Single Paper Format
Abstract: This paper examines the academic needs of adolescent Newcomer students. It addresses the current issues of grade placement and unschooled/schooled immigrants as it related to their teaching and learning.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: The primary vehicle for decision making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals is the three-judge panel. A substantial minority of decisions issued by these panels includes district court judges serving temporarily by designation. The use of such judges has led some to question their ability to be fully co-equal with the regular circuit court judges in the deliberative process, thereby representing a threat to the quality of appellate court decision making. Alternatively, others have suggested that such judges may threaten the quality of appellate adjudication by being mavericks. In either case, however, not all judges serving by designation are created equal. Some have extensive experience in so serving, and hence may be more fungible with the regular courts of appeals judges, while others have limited such experience, making them potentially of greater concern in terms of excessive deference (or lack thereof). Similarly, not all newly appointed regular court of appeals judges come to the circuit court bench similarly situated. Some have extensive experience as federal trial court judges while others have extensive experience on lower appellate courts, giving them a potential advantage in terms of acclimation. In this paper, and with the use of the U.S. Courts of Appeals Database, we examine the behavior of these temporary (designated district court judges) and regular (freshman circuit court judges) newcomers to evaluate the their susceptibility to the influence of their fellow panelists as well as the extent to which they manifest more (or less) instability in their voting behavior.