Connecting Transnationalism to the Classroom and to Theories of Immigrant Student Adaptation

Latina Youth, Education, and Citizenship: A Feminist Transnational Analysis

“…A first approach includes drawing upon students' transnational funds of knowledge in the classroom (Moll et al, 1992;Sánchez & Kasun, 2012). Research demonstrates that immigrant youth often learn lessons in disproportional power and xenophobia through their interactions with various institutions, such as schools, media, and law enforcement (e.g., DeJaeghere & McCreary, 2010;Maira, 2009;Sánchez, 2007).…”

“…Researchers explained that transnational social spaces in which youth are raised are often filled with social networks maintained through technology and media (Sánchez & Kasun, 2012 (Bondy, 2014, p. 197) Lucia's comment suggests that she inhabits multiple communities and that her citizenship identity is constructed at their intersection. The emphasis Lucia Downloaded by [Ryerson University Library] at 22:11 14 June 2016 places on Venezuela and her family alludes to the impact her native country and migration have on differentiating her sense of belonging in the United States.…”

“…As Sánchez and Machado-Casas (2009) explained, "This indicates that Latinas/os are highly immigrant if we include in this definition those Latinas/os with at least one foreign-born parent" (p. 4). Research by scholars studying adolescent Latina/o students from immigrant communities has indicated that these youth live at the intersections of transnational constructions of gender, race, class, language, and nation (Bondy, 2014(Bondy, , 2015DeJaeghere & McCreary, 2010;Ek, 2009;Fránquiz & Salazar, 2007;Rodríguez, 2009;Sánchez, 2007Sánchez, , 2009Sánchez & Kasun, 2012;Villenas, 2007Villenas, , 2009). These researchers have described how adolescent Latinas/os create identities, lives, and communities betwixt and between nations, challenging traditional pathways of assimilation and incorporation.…”

“Why Do I Have to Pledge the U.S. Flag? It's Not My Country!”: Latina Youths Rearticulating Citizenship and National Belonging

“…As S anchez and Machado-Casas (2009) explained, "This indicates that Latinas/os are highly immigrant [sic] if we include in this definition those Latinas/os with at least one foreign-born parent" (p. 4). Research by scholars studying high school Latin@ students from immigrant communities indicated that these students have complex and overlapping transnational identifications (Brittain, 2009;Rodrίguez, 2009;S anchez & Kasun, 2012;S anchez & MachadoCasas, 2009). These researchers describe the complicated and sometimes fractured ways that adolescent Latin@s identify with their home countries, the United States, and their local place of residence.…”

“…Although global migration and diversity are not recent phenomena, late 20th and early 21st century technologies have enabled the transnational circulation of people, goods, and ideas at unprecedented rates. These new technologies and transnational circulations have empowered immigrant communities to maintain political, economic, cultural, and emotional attachments to more than one country (S anchez & Kasun, 2012;S anchez & Machado-Casas, 2009). As Suarez-Orozco and Suro (2006) stated, ".…”