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Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. My research explores how communication influences immigrant settlement and the creation of new ethnic identities.
One major area of my research has been how children of immigrants “broker” language, culture, and media for their parents when they are the primary English speaker in the household. I’ve researched how these brokering practices affect family integration and young people’s development in South Los Angeles, California’s Central Valley, and New Brunswick, NJ.
How media connections influence the lives of ethnic/racial minority adults and young people is my other primary area of interest. I’ve co-authored a book called Understanding Ethnic Media, and conducted other research on young people and their media connections.
Click here for my full CV, and check out the Publications tab for downloadable versions of my articles. Thanks for visiting!
