Unearth: Fostering Adolescent Immigrants Toward Belonging Through Self-Awareness, Multicultural Identification, and Journaling
The thesis project merges interdisciplinary research to develop a self-directed creative intervention for immigrant youth, allowing them to make sense of their social and cultural identities. It takes research on self-awareness, multicultural identification, perceived belonging, and bibliotherapy to create a guided journal titled "Unearth," filled with art and writing prompts that are age-appropriate for adolescents and that serve as avenues for self-exploration. The project ultimately engages a focus group discussion to understand the usability and accessibility of the intervention.
- Co-author: Nawrocki, Andrea Elizabeth
- Co-author: Dizon, Arni
- Thesis director: Pina, Armando
- Committee member: Benoit, Renee
- Committee member: Causadias, Jose
- Contributor (ctb): Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies
- Contributor (ctb): Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch
- Contributor (ctb): Department of Psychology
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College