Fumilayo Showers
Biographic Data
| ID | 156030 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fumilayo Showers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fumilayo |
| FAMILY NAME | Showers |
| SIGNATURE | SHOWERS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sociology Department University of Connecticut Manchester Hall, 344 Mansfield Road Storrs Connecticut 06269 USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Migrants Who Care
As the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called on to meet this need. Migrants Who Care tells the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems. With high human capital and…
“I just ended up in nursing”
This paper investigates educational experiences and the factors that shape the intention to migrate among current students enrolled in nursing and medical schools within migrant sending nations. The focus on nursing and medical students reflects the existence of a global labor market in which there is a demand for the international recruitment of health professionals. Empirically, this research is situated in Ghana, West Africa, a country that ha…
Moving Onward and Upward in a “Dead‐End” Job
What motivates people to enter health care occupations? What are the rewards of these jobs? What are the paths of mobility from low‐paid, low‐prestige, health care jobs to higher paid, more professional ones? This paper attends to these questions through interviews and ethnographic observations among West African immigrant nurses and disability support professionals in the US. I find that extrinsic motivations, (racial discrimination in other seg…
Learning to care
Drawing from ethnographic data, this article investigates the work experiences of a group of African immigrants in the US care industry. By highlighting their strategies for coping with their entry into care work, this article presents the realities of professional, yet downwardly mobile, immigrants who care for vulnerable, minority ethnic populations. It extends the focus on gender, which has been central to the literature on migration and care …
Being black, foreign and woman
This paper contextualizes racial and ethnic identities in shaping African women's work lives in the USA. While the literature on black immigrant groups has posited that ethnic identities are often deployed to shield black immigrants from racism, my findings indicate that for a group of African women, their racial and ethnic identities are viewed as potential sources of discrimination. As black immigrant women from middle-class backgrounds in thei…
Being black, foreign and woman
This paper contextualizes racial and ethnic identities in shaping African women's work lives in the USA. While the literature on black immigrant groups has posited that ethnic identities are often deployed to shield black immigrants from racism, my findings indicate that for a group of African women, their racial and ethnic identities are viewed as potential sources of discrimination. As black immigrant women from middle-class backgrounds in thei…
Moving Onward and Upward in a “Dead‐End” Job
What motivates people to enter health care occupations? What are the rewards of these jobs? What are the paths of mobility from low‐paid, low‐prestige, health care jobs to higher paid, more professional ones? This paper attends to these questions through interviews and ethnographic observations among West African immigrant nurses and disability support professionals in the US. I find that extrinsic motivations, (racial discrimination in other seg…
Learning to care
Drawing from ethnographic data, this article investigates the work experiences of a group of African immigrants in the US care industry. By highlighting their strategies for coping with their entry into care work, this article presents the realities of professional, yet downwardly mobile, immigrants who care for vulnerable, minority ethnic populations. It extends the focus on gender, which has been central to the literature on migration and care …
Being black, foreign and woman
This paper contextualizes racial and ethnic identities in shaping African women's work lives in the USA. While the literature on black immigrant groups has posited that ethnic identities are often deployed to shield black immigrants from racism, my findings indicate that for a group of African women, their racial and ethnic identities are viewed as potential sources of discrimination. As black immigrant women from middle-class backgrounds in thei…
Learning to care
Drawing from ethnographic data, this article investigates the work experiences of a group of African immigrants in the US care industry. By highlighting their strategies for coping with their entry into care work, this article presents the realities of professional, yet downwardly mobile, immigrants who care for vulnerable, minority ethnic populations. It extends the focus on gender, which has been central to the literature on migration and care …
Moving Onward and Upward in a “Dead‐End” Job
What motivates people to enter health care occupations? What are the rewards of these jobs? What are the paths of mobility from low‐paid, low‐prestige, health care jobs to higher paid, more professional ones? This paper attends to these questions through interviews and ethnographic observations among West African immigrant nurses and disability support professionals in the US. I find that extrinsic motivations, (racial discrimination in other seg…
Migrants Who Care
As the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called on to meet this need. Migrants Who Care tells the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems. With high human capital and…
“I just ended up in nursing”
This paper investigates educational experiences and the factors that shape the intention to migrate among current students enrolled in nursing and medical schools within migrant sending nations. The focus on nursing and medical students reflects the existence of a global labor market in which there is a demand for the international recruitment of health professionals. Empirically, this research is situated in Ghana, West Africa, a country that ha…
Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Focus group (2 works)