Social Sciences Forum: Hirokazu Yoshikawa, NYU
Effects of Unauthorized & Refugee Status on Child & Youth
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 · 4 - 5:30 PM
Distinguished Lecture in Psychology
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education, NYU
“Effects of Unauthorized and Refugee Status on Child and Youth Development:
Implications for Programs and Policy in the United States and the Syrian Refugee
Response Region”
Unauthorized and forced migration create social exclusion for millions of migrants worldwide.
This exclusion can threaten child and youth development in multiple ways. In this presentation,
research-based program and policy responses will be presented that: a) protect youth in mixed status families in the United States in the face of the current immigration policy climate; and b)
provide quality early childhood development programming for Syrian refugee families in the
Middle East (a partnership between Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue
Committee, the first awardee of the MacArthur Foundation 100&Change initiative). Implications
for developmental science and research-practice partnerships will be discussed.
Reception to follow.
Sponsored by: Department of Psychology