Capture educational histories
Collect mapped and narrative accounts of prior schooling, migration, and learning trajectories.
About this project
Centering how newcomer youth and families define schooling.
Educational Journeys Across Borders investigates educational trajectories across migration contexts while challenging narrow views of what counts as learning.
Commitments
What guides the research.
- Center newcomer youth and caregiver voices in how schooling is defined.
- Use a strength-based lens that recognizes resilience, agency, and existing knowledge.
- Document learning across formal and informal contexts instead of relying on deficit narratives.
- Share findings in ways that inform educator, health, and social service preparation.
Planned outcomes
How findings move into practice.
Analyze transnational pathways
Use Critical Race Spatial Analysis to examine how race, space, and structures shape school experiences.
Translate findings to practice
Share results through workshops, courses, conference presentations, and peer-reviewed manuscripts.