SICSS Project - Immigrants in STEM

Purpose Statement

Research Questions

• RQ1: What immigrant populations are underrepresented in STEM?

• RQ2: What immigrant populations are overrepresented in STEM?

• FUTURE WORK

  • Implications on immigrants entering STEM field.
  • Implications on immigration attitudes and/or policy.

Sample

• Census data collected from the U.S. Census and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics at five year intervals (i.e., 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020)

• News data collected from MediaCloud.

  • Boolean search terms: (immigrant* OR immigrat* OR "immigration policy") AND (F-1 visa* OR H-1B visa* OR J-1 visa* OR "green card") AND (science OR "STEM" OR "medical school" OR technology OR math* OR engineering OR chemistry OR physics)