Caitlin Killian
Biographic Data
| ID | 194782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caitlin Killian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caitlin |
| FAMILY NAME | Killian |
| SIGNATURE | KILLIAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Drew University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4908-0959 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
When rights conflict
Child Education Rights Versus Parental Preferences
Alternative schooling has been staunchly advocated for by groups disillusioned by government-sponsored public schooling that want to take personal control of their children’s education. There are concerns, however, about nontraditional schooling options that do not meet standards that apply to public schools. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) specifies children’s fundamental educational rights. In the United States, t…
Refugees
Refugees are people who have fled their country of origin and are residing in another country. They may receive asylum on the basis of their persecution due to political stance or membership in a social group that is targeted because of religion, race, or nationality. While they may not fit the strict definition of persecuted refugee, they may qualify for subsidiary or temporary protected status as a refugee fleeing war or natural disaster by a c…
Postconflict Sexual and Reproductive Health and Justice, Gendered Well-being, and Long-term Development
Sexual and reproductive health and justice (SRHJ) is key to gender equality and an important component of any long-term development strategy for countries emerging from conflict and civil war. Girls and women are vulnerable to various sexual and reproductive risks, which are exacerbated in conflict contexts and can have both short- and long-term economic implications for them, their families, and their communities. Yet neoliberalism and patriarch…
Gendered Socio-Economic Integration
Despite increasing awareness, there are gaps in implementers' policy initiatives and ability to effectively deploy programs that incorporate gender mainstreaming in refugee contexts. Challenges impacting the design and implementation of gender sensitive livelihoods programming are identified based on forty-eight interviews with UN and (I)NGO staff in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Problems include a lack of gende…
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Warnings
This article focuses on the recent resurgence of concerns regarding fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warning even women not trying to conceive to abstain from alcohol completely if not using contraceptives, and a medical article covered by the New York Times that claims that rates of FAS are much higher than previously thought, have reignited anxiety over FAS, even though there remai…
Highly Skilled Immigrant Women’s Labor Market Access
Applying an intersectionality framework to nuance the concepts of cumulative dis/advantage, this article examines the barriers to and/or pathways by which highly skilled North African and Tamil-Indian immigrant women access professional labor markets in France and the United States, respectively. We find that the cumulative, interactive effects of four mediating mechanisms—interaction of local labor markets and immigration regimes, the education-…
We Didn't Even Think about Adopting Domestically
As transnational adoption grows, many American children await adoption in the United States. Because many of these children are children of color (and often black), we ask: What role does race play in parents' decisions to adopt abroad rather than adopt domestically? In-depth interviews with 41 parents reveal that parents adopt abroad for many reasons. Regarding racial motivations, although some parents were open to children of any race and sever…
Motivated migrants
From a Community of Believers to an Islam of the Heart
Based on interviews with North African women immigrants, this article examines how religious practices are constrained and the meaning of being a “good Muslim” is transformed in France. When Muslim women cannot celebrate religious holidays or pray five times a day, they instead focus on what is in one's heart, an adaptation to a country engaged in an ongoing battle to keep religion out of the public realm. While many immigrants affirm that Islam …
I'm Not an Immigrant!”
In this paper we examine the identity negotiation processes of North African immigrant women in France. Participants engaged in various forms of identity work, including selective association and management of appearance, as well as resisting others' attempts to categorize them as immigrants. Given that these women have chosen to move to France and remain there, this finding is surprising. Using the concept of the Not-Me identity, we explore how …
The Other Side of the Veil
The 'headscarf affair,' Muslim girls wearing veils to school, has generated a storm of controversy in France. This study uses the headscarf affair to explore Muslim immigrant women's views of their place in French society and reveals that even those who disagree with French public opinion often invoke arguments that are more French than North African. Interviews with 41 North African women show that younger, well-educated women defend the headsca…
The Role of Parents in the Maintenance of Second Generation Vietnamese Cultural Behaviors
Although previous research shows that biculturalism is adaptive for the children of immigrants, in the United States there is a great deal of pressure for assimilation. This study examines whether parents who model cultural behaviors and encourage interaction with co-ethnics increase the likelihood that their adult children will engage in cultural behaviors. Data are from a survey of second generation Vietnamese members between the ages of 18 and…
Culture on the weekend
Conducts in‐depth interviews with 45 female North African immigrants to France about what they preferred and disliked in each country and about their own cultural behaviours. Cites individuals were concerned at the cold and distant interactions of the French and their relationship to money together with the stress of living in France, and liked the opportunities for employment and education and the greater freedoms for women. Considers the adapta…
Fairness and Emotions
This study examines how the negotiation context affects evaluations of procedural and distributive justice, which in turn influence emotional reactions to the bargaining process and the final outcome distribution. Data are from questionnaire responses provided by subjects in a computerized experiment who offered different group-pay allocations. Perceived procedural justice, which is affected by the conflict between initial pay divisions, enhances…
The Other Side of the Veil
The 'headscarf affair,' Muslim girls wearing veils to school, has generated a storm of controversy in France. This study uses the headscarf affair to explore Muslim immigrant women's views of their place in French society and reveals that even those who disagree with French public opinion often invoke arguments that are more French than North African. Interviews with 41 North African women show that younger, well-educated women defend the headsca…
I'm Not an Immigrant!”
In this paper we examine the identity negotiation processes of North African immigrant women in France. Participants engaged in various forms of identity work, including selective association and management of appearance, as well as resisting others' attempts to categorize them as immigrants. Given that these women have chosen to move to France and remain there, this finding is surprising. Using the concept of the Not-Me identity, we explore how …
From a Community of Believers to an Islam of the Heart
Based on interviews with North African women immigrants, this article examines how religious practices are constrained and the meaning of being a “good Muslim” is transformed in France. When Muslim women cannot celebrate religious holidays or pray five times a day, they instead focus on what is in one's heart, an adaptation to a country engaged in an ongoing battle to keep religion out of the public realm. While many immigrants affirm that Islam …
Fairness and Emotions
This study examines how the negotiation context affects evaluations of procedural and distributive justice, which in turn influence emotional reactions to the bargaining process and the final outcome distribution. Data are from questionnaire responses provided by subjects in a computerized experiment who offered different group-pay allocations. Perceived procedural justice, which is affected by the conflict between initial pay divisions, enhances…
The Role of Parents in the Maintenance of Second Generation Vietnamese Cultural Behaviors
Although previous research shows that biculturalism is adaptive for the children of immigrants, in the United States there is a great deal of pressure for assimilation. This study examines whether parents who model cultural behaviors and encourage interaction with co-ethnics increase the likelihood that their adult children will engage in cultural behaviors. Data are from a survey of second generation Vietnamese members between the ages of 18 and…
Motivated migrants
We Didn't Even Think about Adopting Domestically
As transnational adoption grows, many American children await adoption in the United States. Because many of these children are children of color (and often black), we ask: What role does race play in parents' decisions to adopt abroad rather than adopt domestically? In-depth interviews with 41 parents reveal that parents adopt abroad for many reasons. Regarding racial motivations, although some parents were open to children of any race and sever…
Culture on the weekend
Conducts in‐depth interviews with 45 female North African immigrants to France about what they preferred and disliked in each country and about their own cultural behaviours. Cites individuals were concerned at the cold and distant interactions of the French and their relationship to money together with the stress of living in France, and liked the opportunities for employment and education and the greater freedoms for women. Considers the adapta…
Highly Skilled Immigrant Women’s Labor Market Access
Applying an intersectionality framework to nuance the concepts of cumulative dis/advantage, this article examines the barriers to and/or pathways by which highly skilled North African and Tamil-Indian immigrant women access professional labor markets in France and the United States, respectively. We find that the cumulative, interactive effects of four mediating mechanisms—interaction of local labor markets and immigration regimes, the education-…
Fairness and Emotions
This study examines how the negotiation context affects evaluations of procedural and distributive justice, which in turn influence emotional reactions to the bargaining process and the final outcome distribution. Data are from questionnaire responses provided by subjects in a computerized experiment who offered different group-pay allocations. Perceived procedural justice, which is affected by the conflict between initial pay divisions, enhances…
Culture on the weekend
Conducts in‐depth interviews with 45 female North African immigrants to France about what they preferred and disliked in each country and about their own cultural behaviours. Cites individuals were concerned at the cold and distant interactions of the French and their relationship to money together with the stress of living in France, and liked the opportunities for employment and education and the greater freedoms for women. Considers the adapta…
The Other Side of the Veil
The 'headscarf affair,' Muslim girls wearing veils to school, has generated a storm of controversy in France. This study uses the headscarf affair to explore Muslim immigrant women's views of their place in French society and reveals that even those who disagree with French public opinion often invoke arguments that are more French than North African. Interviews with 41 North African women show that younger, well-educated women defend the headsca…
The Role of Parents in the Maintenance of Second Generation Vietnamese Cultural Behaviors
Although previous research shows that biculturalism is adaptive for the children of immigrants, in the United States there is a great deal of pressure for assimilation. This study examines whether parents who model cultural behaviors and encourage interaction with co-ethnics increase the likelihood that their adult children will engage in cultural behaviors. Data are from a survey of second generation Vietnamese members between the ages of 18 and…
I'm Not an Immigrant!”
In this paper we examine the identity negotiation processes of North African immigrant women in France. Participants engaged in various forms of identity work, including selective association and management of appearance, as well as resisting others' attempts to categorize them as immigrants. Given that these women have chosen to move to France and remain there, this finding is surprising. Using the concept of the Not-Me identity, we explore how …
From a Community of Believers to an Islam of the Heart
Based on interviews with North African women immigrants, this article examines how religious practices are constrained and the meaning of being a “good Muslim” is transformed in France. When Muslim women cannot celebrate religious holidays or pray five times a day, they instead focus on what is in one's heart, an adaptation to a country engaged in an ongoing battle to keep religion out of the public realm. While many immigrants affirm that Islam …
Motivated migrants
Highly Skilled Immigrant Women’s Labor Market Access
Applying an intersectionality framework to nuance the concepts of cumulative dis/advantage, this article examines the barriers to and/or pathways by which highly skilled North African and Tamil-Indian immigrant women access professional labor markets in France and the United States, respectively. We find that the cumulative, interactive effects of four mediating mechanisms—interaction of local labor markets and immigration regimes, the education-…
We Didn't Even Think about Adopting Domestically
As transnational adoption grows, many American children await adoption in the United States. Because many of these children are children of color (and often black), we ask: What role does race play in parents' decisions to adopt abroad rather than adopt domestically? In-depth interviews with 41 parents reveal that parents adopt abroad for many reasons. Regarding racial motivations, although some parents were open to children of any race and sever…
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Warnings
This article focuses on the recent resurgence of concerns regarding fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warning even women not trying to conceive to abstain from alcohol completely if not using contraceptives, and a medical article covered by the New York Times that claims that rates of FAS are much higher than previously thought, have reignited anxiety over FAS, even though there remai…
Postconflict Sexual and Reproductive Health and Justice, Gendered Well-being, and Long-term Development
Sexual and reproductive health and justice (SRHJ) is key to gender equality and an important component of any long-term development strategy for countries emerging from conflict and civil war. Girls and women are vulnerable to various sexual and reproductive risks, which are exacerbated in conflict contexts and can have both short- and long-term economic implications for them, their families, and their communities. Yet neoliberalism and patriarch…
Gendered Socio-Economic Integration
Despite increasing awareness, there are gaps in implementers' policy initiatives and ability to effectively deploy programs that incorporate gender mainstreaming in refugee contexts. Challenges impacting the design and implementation of gender sensitive livelihoods programming are identified based on forty-eight interviews with UN and (I)NGO staff in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Problems include a lack of gende…
When rights conflict
Child Education Rights Versus Parental Preferences
Alternative schooling has been staunchly advocated for by groups disillusioned by government-sponsored public schooling that want to take personal control of their children’s education. There are concerns, however, about nontraditional schooling options that do not meet standards that apply to public schools. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) specifies children’s fundamental educational rights. In the United States, t…
Refugees
Refugees are people who have fled their country of origin and are residing in another country. They may receive asylum on the basis of their persecution due to political stance or membership in a social group that is targeted because of religion, race, or nationality. While they may not fit the strict definition of persecuted refugee, they may qualify for subsidiary or temporary protected status as a refugee fleeing war or natural disaster by a c…
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Immigration (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)