The working poor and family balance issues: studied the convergence
of two policies - welfare reform and the institution of high stakes
testing within the working poor family household. One policy insists
that parents work more, while the other insists that parents put more
effort in ensuring the education of their children. Both require time
that parents often don't have. I am working on a paper using ethnographic
data that follows 12 families (Black, Puerto Rican and Dominican) in
three different New York City neighborhoods.
Immigrants, work and their communities: an ethnographic study
on how different immigrant groups -- the Chinese, Korean, Mexican,
and Ecuadorian find work in the New York City garment industry. In
addition, I am also working on a paper that uses interview data from
Chinese and Dominicans garment workers on how they made ends meet by
working and receiving public assistance.
Effects of 9/11 on the Chinese garment workers and Chinatown:
In this project, I am trying to understand who these garment workers
are and how they are managing. I am interested in what kind of support
they receive and from whom. Moreover, since so many of the Chinatown
consumers were Chinatown, I am interested in finding out how the losses
in the garment industry has affected Chinatown as a whole.
Men of Color and Teaching: In this work, I am interviewing
men of color who work with young children. I am interested in the
understanding young men of color's perception of the teaching profession
and what barriers they might have in entering the field of k-12
teaching.
Required skills vary depending on the project. Overall, however, what
is listed below is good general background.
Essential: Reliability, ability to work with diverse
groups of adults, perfectionism in routine tasks.
Desirable: Basic or advanced computer. Knowledge of
ATLAS ti, REMARK or GIS software. Knowledge of Social Science Indices
and library research skills. Fluency in Cantonese or knowledge of
Census data helpful depending on project.
Recruit and schedule subjects, interview subjects, transcribe
interviews, analyze data and library research. Expected time
commitment is 12-15 hours per week.
