Eleanor Fapohunda Colloquium Series

Dr. Shan Siddiqui, “Labor Conditions, Immigration Policy, and Mental Health among Asian International Students in the U.S.”.

Over 1 million international students work in U.S. higher education—the vast majority from Asia. Little is known about the social/policy environments in which these students work and how they contribute to inequality. The current project investigates: 1) working conditions for Asian international students 2) the ways the model minority myth shapes expectations about labor output, and 3) how changing immigration policy/enforcement impacts students’ mental health. This research sheds light on an understudied group and offers implications for improving equality in higher education.

The School of Arts & Sciences Colloquium Series was established in 2004 by the late Dr. Eleanor Fapohunda, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, to enable our faculty to share their scholarly pursuits with their colleagues by giving presentations that are accessible, engaging, and interesting to faculty, staff, and students representing the wide range of academic backgrounds of our School.

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