ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
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- Klimek, Barbara
- 3 Arizona State University
- 1 Androff, David
- 1 Brown, Mary-Ellen
- 1 Cruz, Evelyn H
- 1 Forrest, Michael
- 1 Krysik, Judy
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- 1 Merie, Kassaw Tafere
- 1 Mody, Elizabeth Hatch
- 1 Morales, Joanne
- 1 Murphy Erfani, Julie
- 1 Weerawardena, Sachini Ruwangee
- 3 Public
- Social research
- 2 Social work
- 1 Case Study of the United States
- 1 Dual Victimization
- 1 Ethnic studies
- 1 Failed Asylum Seekers
- 1 Human Rights
- more
- 1 International relations
- 1 Law
- 1 Marginalized Other
- 1 Public administration
- 1 Refugee Resettlement
- 1 Refugee Social Entrepreneurship
- 1 Refugees
- 1 Repatriations Deportations Removals
- 1 Self-Sufficiency
- 1 Social Entrepreneurship
- 1 assessment
- 1 community
- 1 economic
- 1 environment
- 1 program evaluation
- 1 refugee resettlement
- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
The United States resettles more refugees each year than any country, yet little is known about the influence that the Refugee Resettlement Program has on our communities. Program evaluation in the United States is primarily concerned with outcomes and efficiency; while there has been an absence of collecting data to measure the impact that social programs have on communities. This study explores the impact of refugee resettlement on a metropolitan area by surveying professionals with experience working or volunteering with refugee populations. These professionals rate the extent to which they believe refugee resettlement influences social, economic, and environmental variables in …
- Contributors
- Mody, Elizabeth Hatch, Klimek, Barbara, Morales, Joanne, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
The asylum seeking process in the United States is arbitrary in nature, many aspects of which have been well documented. The legal process rests the burden of proof upon the asylum seeker to demonstrate he or she is truly fleeing persecution to a legal system where asylum seekers are not eligible for free representation. This contributes to a lower rate of success and an uncertain future, due to the limited or no access to employment, education, and health benefits, within the country in which they seek asylum. However, the academic literature pertaining to the repatriation process of the failed asylum …
- Contributors
- Weerawardena, Sachini Ruwangee, Cruz, Evelyn H, Klimek, Barbara, et al.
- Created Date
- 2016
This research examined the perceptions of refugees towards social entrepreneurship in Arizona through focus group discussions with 77 members of the refugee communities that have been organized under nine groups. Business experience, problem solving experience, conception of social entrepreneurship, examples, opportunities, support, and needs emerged as the themes of the study. Available opportunities as well as barriers for refugee social entrepreneurship based on the views of refugees in Arizona were explained. The difference between commercial entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship was highlighted and some examples of refugee social entrepreneurship described. Qualitative data analysis revealed that refugees in Arizona have entrepreneurial characteristics …
- Contributors
- Merie, Kassaw Tafere, Androff, David, Klimek, Barbara, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015