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Guest Editorial Team
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Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, PhD, MSW, MPA, CNP
Associate Professor of Social Work & Human Services
Department of Social Work & Human Services
Wellstar College of Health & Human Services
Kennesaw State University
Faculty Website
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Paul N. McDaniel, PhD
Associate Professor of Geography
Department of Geography & Anthropology
Norman J. Radow College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Kennesaw State University
Faculty Website
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In partnership with the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES), the special issue editors have curated a collection of articles that align with the JCES’s mission as well as advance representative and direct democracy through the full incorporation and inclusion of immigrant communities throughout the U.S. As such, this issue integrates the voices of diverse immigrant communities as well as the voices of emerging and established academic scholars and community researchers. The special issue transcends scale by including the experiences of small unincorporated rural areas to large cities, including creative approaches, analyses, and methodologies. This special issue advances scholarship that authentically captures the lived experiences of immigrants and those who facilitate their integration and democratic engagement.
Immigration and the immigrant experience are inextricably tied to the past, present, and future of the United States. Native Peoples, established U.S. residents and citizens, and newcomers all are part of the celebrated and controversial stories that shape “the story of U.S.” However, much is said about immigrants, without truly incorporating their own stories and contributions into the narrative; a narrative, we believe, that has the potential to inform and inspire community change and scholarship.
Access the open access full text of the special issue here at the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, published by University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs.
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Introduction (by special issue guest editors)
Democracy Personified through Immigrant Integration and Community Engagement
- Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Services,
Kennesaw State University
- Paul N. McDaniel, Associate Professor of Geography, Kennesaw State University
Research Articles
“So much potential”: Latino/a Immigrant Emerging Adults, Legal Status, and Educational Participation
- Lara M. Gonzalez, director of research and development at One Journey Together, LLC
- Isabelle Ong Gaffney, bilingual clinical mental health counselor
- Yesenia Mejia, post-doctoral scholar at the University of California at San Diego
“It’s an Odyssey:” Centering Mexican and Central American Immigrant Entrepreneurs in an Examination of County-Level Sanctuary
- Tara Carr-Lemke, Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship, Princeton University
The Morris Intercultural Education Initiative: A Decade of Advancing Democracy through
Community-Engaged Learning in the Rural Midwest
- Cristina Ortiz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota Morris
- Tammy Berberi, Associate Professor of French, University of Minnesota Morris
- Thomas Genova, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Minnesota Morris
- Windy G. Roberts, Spanish Teaching Specialist, University of Minnesota Morris
“Our Blood is Not Cheap”: A Photovoice Project on Being Arab in a Racialized U.S.
- Leticia Villarreal Sosa, School of Social Work, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Suhad Tabahi, School of Social Work, Dominican University
- Itedal Shalabi, Arab American Family Services, Worth, Illinois
Inclusive Storytelling: Immigrant Experiences and Community Reaction in Georgia
- Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Services,
Kennesaw State University
- Paul N. McDaniel, Associate Professor of Geography, Kennesaw State University
- Lina Tuschling, TRENDS Global
- Lara Smith-Sitton, Associate Professor of English, Kennesaw State University
Research from the Field
Building and Strengthening Communities through Culturally Responsive Inter-Agency
Collaboration in Southern New Jersey
- Carla Villacis, research coordinator in the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs
at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden
- Samuel Ross, graduate research assistant in the Senator Walter Rand Institute for
Public Affairs at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden
Building an Oral Repository of African Immigration Experiences in French: The Griotte Project’s reparative historiographic praxis through service-learning at the University of Central Arkansas
- K. Adele Okoli, Associate Professor of French, University of Central Arkansas
Engaging with Refuge or Refusal to Assess the Impact of an Immigration History Exhibition
- Adina Langer, Curator, Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw State University
Exploring Best Practices and Tensions in Immigrant-Led Community-Based Social Service
Planning Models for Immigrant and Refugee Communities
- Sandeep K. Dhillon, doctoral student, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University
- Stefanie Machado, doctoral student, Department of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
- Ryan Wai Shing Lai, masters student, Department of Urban Studies, Simon Fraser University
- Kari Grain, special research associate, Community Engaged Research Initiative, Simon
Fraser University
Community Perspectives
BIPOC Community Perspectives on Environmental Justice in Georgia
- Stephanie Cho, Director, Democracy Lab South
- LP Green, Environmental Justice Project Director, Democracy Lab South
- Marianne Chung, founder, partner, strategist, and trainer for Reimagine Collective
- Julia Lee-Hong, consultant for Reimagine Collective
- Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Services,
Kennesaw State University
Lessons from a Decade in West Hill: Community Perspective from the West Hill Refugee
Welcome Center
- Tim Doherty, Chief Executive Officer, West Hill Refugee Welcome Center
- Matthew Klane, community co-coordinator of the West Hill Refugee Welcome Center
Challenging Our Assumptions: Listening to Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Voices about Career Aspirations
- Angela Warner, Immigrant and Refugee Economic Stability Director, Church of St. Vincent
De Paul
- Dahlia Herring, is the co-chair of the Capital Region Refugee and Immigrant Roundtable
- Lisa E. Baranik, Associate Professor of Management, University of Albany School of
Business
- Janice Coles, volunteer and board member of New York for Syrian Refugees
Student Voices
Becoming "La Señorita de Inglés" in the U.S. Peace Corps: My Journey From Practitioner to Ph.D.
- Nilofer Bharwani, doctoral student in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding
and Development, Kennesaw State University
- Thomas J. Hodges, postdoctoral fellow in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding
and Development, Kennesaw State University
Book Review
Book Review for The Power of Morality in Movements: Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights,
and Democracy
- David Brockway, masters student, Master of Science in International Policy Management,
Kennesaw State University
Artwork
The Undocumented Experience
Our Fascinating and Complex World
Map Portfolio Project
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In the creation of this special issue of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, we are indebted to many individuals and organizations, near and far, whose unwavering
support has been instrumental in shaping this endeavor. Our heartfelt gratitude goes
to our respective departments and colleges at Kennesaw State University where this
special issue found fertile ground to flourish. The support from the the Department
of Social Work and Human Services in the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services
and the Department of Geography and Anthropology in the Norman J. Radow College of
Humanities and Social Sciences has been instrumental in nurturing our pursuits as
community-engaged scholars and providing an environment conducive to applied academic
exploration.
We extend our deepest appreciation to sources of support within Kennesaw State University
who encouraged the significance of this project and the production of a special issue
with the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, including:
- The Spring 2017 Community Engagement Faculty Learning Community through the KSU Office
of Community Engagement (now the Office of Economic Development and Community Engagement
in the Office of External Affairs), which Dr. Rodriguez and Dr. McDaniel participated
in, provided encouragement to pursue further community-engaged research and publication.
Through this Faculty Learning Community, KSU encouraged faculty to cultivate more
community-engaged research and scholarship and specifically encouraged seeking publication
in community-engaged journals, including the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, and others.
- The Tenured Faculty Enhancement Program through the Kennesaw State University Center
for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (in partnership with the Kennesaw State University
Office of Research). The Tenured Faculty Enhancement Program at Kennesaw State University
is a highly competitive program, funded by the President and Provost. Each faculty
member who receives a TFEP Award goes through a rigorous multi-step application process
in which the faculty member's department chair and college dean approves the project
and its goals (in this case, the production of a special issue of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship). Proposals are then reviewed on a competitive basis by the Faculty Development Committee,
a standing committee of the Faculty Senate. The committee makes recommendations to
Academic Affairs. Subsequently, proposals are reviewed by the Provost, the Vice President
for Research, and the Assistant Vice President for Faculty Affairs in an interactive
process which might include consultation with the applicants to maximize the alignment
of the proposals with the university R2 goals. As such, the multi-level support from
all levels of KSU Administration not only facilitated the realization of the production
of this special journal issue but also validated the importance of community-engaged
research at KSU focused on understanding the evolving immigrant experiences, including
in our own metro region of Atlanta in the southeastern United States, and its alignment
with KSU's R2 Roadmap goal of cultivating interdisciplinary research with relevance
and KSU's Carnegie Community Engagement classification.
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About the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
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The Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES) is a peer-reviewed international journal through which faculty, staff, students,
and community partners disseminate scholarly works. JCES integrates teaching, research,
and community engagement in all disciplines, addressing critical problems identified
through a community-participatory process. The editorial board of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES) invites the submission of manuscripts that relate to its mission: To provide
a mechanism through which faculty, staff, and students of academic institutions and
their community partners may disseminate scholarly works from all academic disciplines.
A goal of the publication is to integrate teaching, research, and community engagement.
All forms of writing, analysis, creative approaches, and methodologies are acceptable
for the journal. The journal's editorial and advisory boards are comprised of highly
respected community-engaged scholars, and have included faculty from Kennesaw State
University. Established in 2008, JCES is an open access journal and is published by
the University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs.
JCES is an open access journal, which means that in support of a greater global exchange of knowledge, all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
JCES is one of only two peer-reviewed journals sponsored by the Engagement Scholarship Consoritum (ESC) (the other journal is the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement). The Engagement Scholarship Consoritum is the premier organization that promotes engaged scholarship and mutually beneficial university-community partnerships with the ultimate goal of societal impact and improving lives. Its mission is to advance the capacity of member institutions—faculty, staff, students, and administrators—to promote engaged scholarship in partnership with communities to benefit society through meaningful impact.
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