Dr. Melissa Marschall
Immigrant Parent Involvement in Schools, Communities, and Politics
This project examines immigrant parental involvement in schools and
the extent to which it links to civic and political incorporation. We
investigate whether and how immigrants engage in schools and other
community institutions, and examine differences in form and frequency
across immigrant groups situated in different structural circumstances
and local contexts. A major focus is to evaluate whether immigrant
parents know about school-initiated programs designed to encourage and
promote their involvement and whether they resp0ond to these programs
by getting involved. The macro-level analysis uses data from the National
Center for Educational Statistics, supplemented by our interviews with
school personnel in New York and Chicago, to examine the programs and
practices of schools that attempt to reach immigrant patents. The
micro-level analysis features parental responses to an original survey
designed to capture their involvement in immigrant communities in two
of the largest gateway cities, Chicago and New York.
Minority Incorporation in Local Politics
This project investigates causes and effects of black and
Latino representation in local legislatures (school boards and city councils), mayoral
offices and municipal bureaucracies. It focuses on how electoral arrangements and
local context shape the opportunities, strategies and successes of minority candidates
and considers how minority representation influences policy outcomes as well as the
political attitudes and behavior of minorities.
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