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The Impact of Education on South Asian American Identity Negotiation

Kansal, Shobha P
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215844841173

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2019, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Sociology.
This study investigates the impact of the South Asian diaspora on identity formation for Generation Z women. While much of the extant literature focuses on the experiences of second- generation Generation Y individuals, I investigate how Generation Z college women make meaning of the role of education in their lives. This research considers how the role of education and cultural expectations shape identity negotiation of children of immigrants during their time in college. The participants constitute a range of immigrant generations—between 1.5- and third- generation—South Asian Americans within the United States. While there is research on the impact of the "model minority” designation among this group, there exists a gap in the literature pertaining to the intersection of identity and experience. Using data from 15 qualitative interviews with participants, I share analyses around participants’ personal focus on education throughout their lives, the importance of parental influence as it relates to their education, and their perceptions of independence that they gain as a result of education. These findings bridge a gap in the literature on how South Asian women use their time in college to explore the meaning of education and how these reflections enable them to negotiate their identity.
Derrick Brooms, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Earl Wright II, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
46 p.
Sociology
South Asian women; college or higher education; racial and ethnic minorities; identity; model minority

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  • Kansal, S. P. (2019). The Impact of Education on South Asian American Identity Negotiation [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215844841173

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kansal, Shobha. The Impact of Education on South Asian American Identity Negotiation. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215844841173.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kansal, Shobha. "The Impact of Education on South Asian American Identity Negotiation." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215844841173

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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