83:(IIMMLA) study. He also directed the first National Survey of Immigration Scholars (NASIS) in the United States. In the 1980s, he directed the principal studies of the migration and incorporation of refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia—the Indochinese Health and Adaptation Research Project (IHARP) and the Southeast Asian Refugee Youth Study. He has traveled to Vietnam and Cambodia, and earlier to Sierra Leone, where he organized a field project on international health and economic development. In the 1990s, he was academic advisor for a 10-part PBS television series, Americas, focusing on Latin American and Caribbean societies, as well as on Mexicans, Cubans and Puerto Ricans in the U.S. In the 2000s, as a member of a panel of the National Academy of Sciences, he worked on two volumes on the Hispanic population of the United States: "Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies," and "Hispanics and the Future of America."
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most controversial pathway is known as downward mobility, in which members of the most disadvantaged groups face substantial structural barriers to advancement, such as poor urban schools and employment discrimination. Children in these disadvantaged contexts may become racialized or turn to attitudes and behaviors considered oppositional to the mainstream, such as rejecting school or joining a street gang. The extent to which downward mobility is occurring remains contested and has inspired many studies. Because educational attainment is a primary marker of immigrant mobility, much of this research focuses on the education of immigrants’ children.
137:, and an elected member of the ASA’s Council, the Committee on Population of the National Academy of Sciences, the Committee on International Migration of the Social Science Research Council, the MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy, and the Sociological Research Association. A native of Havana, Cuba, he has examined the Cuban diaspora and the history of U.S.-Cuba relations, and has been active as a founding director of ENCASA and as a founding member of UC-CUBA. He has testified at Congressional Hearings on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. In addition, he has served on the editorial boards of the
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The first is the conventional upward trajectory toward assimilation. The second is a process called selective acculturation, in which some groups try to inspire achievement in their children by referencing the traditional values of the home country, such as a dedication to education. The third and
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Dr. Rumbaut is best known for his research on immigration and refugee movements, generations, and transitions to adulthood. For more than three decades, he has directed seminal comparative empirical studies of the adaptation of immigrants and refugees in the United States. He directed (with
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Generational Cohorts: Decomposing the Immigrant First and Second Generations in the United States by Rubén G. Rumbaut :: SSRN
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Research for a New Century: Multidisciplinary Perspectives: Nancy Foner, Ruben G. Rumbaut, Steven J. Gold: 9780871542601: Amazon.com: Books
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Unraveling a Public Health Enigma: Why Do
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On the Past and Future of
American Immigration and Ethnic History: A Sociologist’s Reflections on a Silver Jubilee by Rubén G. Rumbaut :: SSRN
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Crucible Within: Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, and Segmented Assimilation Among Children of Immigrants by Rubén G. Rumbaut :: SSRN
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Migration, Adaptation, and Mental Health: The
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Origins and Destinies: Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in America: Silvia Pedraza, Ruben Rumbaut: 9780534214449: Amazon.com: Books
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Immigrant America, Revised, Expanded, and Updated - Alejandro Portes, Ruben G. Rumbaut - Paperback - University of California Press
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The Structure of Refuge: Southeast Asian Refugees in the United States, 1975-1985 by Rubén G. Rumbaut :: SSRN
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The Crucible Within: Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, and Segmented Assimilation Among Children of Immigrants.
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disadvantage perspectives suggests. It posits three alternative pathways for the children of immigrants.
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Ethnicities - Edited by Ruben G. Rumbaut, Alejandro Portes - Paperback - University of California Press
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Pigments of Our Imagination: On the Racialization and Racial Identities of "Hispanics" and "Latinos."
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Unraveling a Public Health Enigma: Why Do Immigrants Experience Superior Perinatal Health Outcomes?
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The Coming of the Second Generation: Immigration and Ethnic Mobility in Southern California.
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