Books in the Immigration and the Transnational Experience Series series

American society is changing in front of our eyes with the presence of new Americans, immigrants and transnationals, whose experiences have prepared them to play key leadership roles in our country. The paradox of having the poorest of the new Americans rising to important social, economic, and academic roles is explained in these pages.

Committed to participative research, Concha Delgado-Gaitan collaborated with the community to connect family, school, and community, giving birth to the ComitZ de Padres Latinos. This work shows how communities that pull together and offer caring ears, eyes, and hands, can ensure that their children thrive - academically, socially, and personally.

In this volume, African-American, Asian-American and Latino faculty describe the challenges they faced in order to become members of the United States Academy. They show that a resourceful approach to facing dilemmas between cultural values, racist practices and academic resilience is needed.