COVID-19 affects people’s national identity certainty; immigration attitudes
Symbolic vs. Realistic threats
Partisan polarization
Abiodun:
Interaction of people’s behavior around food
Food environment in connection with diet and nutritional outcomes
Impact of food assistance programs (e.g., SNIP)
Regugee health (e.g., nutrition, nutrition education)
Ibukun
Problem solving, learning
Environmental factors (e.g., engineering)
Comparing online and F2F education
Marisa
Race, news, social media
News effects on policy support, stereotype endorsement
Richmond
1 Ideas:
Connecting immigration and education (i.e., STEM)
Minority participation of STEM students
What type of data?
Twitter
LexisNexus
US Census
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
2 Research Questions
RQ1: What immigrant populations are underrepresented in STEM?
RQ2: What immigrant populations are overrepresented in STEM?
FUTURE WORK
Implications on immigrants entering STEM field.
Implications on immigration attitudes and/or policy.
3 Sampling Frame
Sampling frame will be the last 10 years (2010 - 2020)
Before 2008 and After 2012 (i.e., 2015 census)
Five year intervals to see trend in policy and enrollment (e.g., takes 4 years to graduate): 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
News inclusion rules:
Keywords:Optional practical training (OPT), F-1 Status, J-1 Status, green card, STEM, immigration policy, immigrant, science, engineering, mathematics, technology, medical school