Ruth McKoy Lowery, PhD, is professor of children's literature and literacy, and associate chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University. Her current research focuses on immigrant and multicultural literature, the adaptation of immigrant and at-risk students in schools, and preparing teachers to teach a diverse student population. Mary Ellen Oslick, PhD, is an assistant professor of literacy and reading at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in reading methods, children's literature, and critical literacy practices throughout the content areas. Rose M. Pringle, PhD, is an associate professor in science education in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida. Her research agenda extends into two parallel, yet related research areas in science teacher education.
Foreword-Barbara A. Lehman Poem: Silenced by Language-Christina Levy
Introduction: Immigrant Discourses Beyond Educational Spaces Ruth McKoy
Lowery, Mary Ellen Oslick, and Rose M. Pringle Part 1: Research and
Implementation Chapter 1: Our Stories: Voices of Jamaican Immigrant Parents
Ruth McKoy Lowery and Rose M. Pringle Chapter 2: The Intersection of
Culture, Scholarship, and Survival: Nigerian College Graduates in America's
Higher Institutions Justina Ogodo Chapter 3: Culturally Responsive
Leadership Development Project for Mental Health & Resilience: A Case Study
of Bhutanese-Nepali Women in Central Ohio Binaya Subedi, Arati Maleku and
Sudarshan Pyakurel Chapter 4: A Pedagogy of Inquiry: Preparing Teachers to
Work with Immigrant Families Christian Winterbottom Chapter 5: Creating
Worlds from Wordlessness in The Arrival: A Dramatic Dialogic Inquiry
Approach to Immigration with Pre-Service Teachers Nithya Sivashankar Part
2: Practice and Reflection Chapter 6: Usher's New Look: Transforming Lives
of Immigrant Teens through Spark Exploration and Peer-to-Peer Programming
Careshia Moore and Yvette Cook Darby Chapter 7: A Non-Immigrant's Immigrant
Experience: Relocating After Hurricane Maria Carrie Teston Geiger Chapter
8: Being Strategic in Planning: Financial Education for Immigrant Families
Sandra Benain-Reid-McKoy Chapter 9: Bridging the Gap: Using Emphatic
Intentions to Connect with the Displaced Immigrant Angie McDonald Part 3:
Resources Chapter 10: Resources on Immigrants and Refugees Mary Ellen
Oslick, Marla Goins, and Shawn Anderson Brown
