Project- and Human-Centered Teaching and Learning: Diplomacy Lab and the Expanded Public Charge Rule for New Cabo Verdean Immigrants

Department

School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development

Additional Department

Geography and Anthropology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Embargo Period

1-19-2021

Abstract

This commentary introduces the U.S. State Department-sponsored Diplomacy Lab. This program provides interdisciplinary teams of students an opportunity to learn how to directly inform government policy development and implementation. In the project discussed here, a team of student researchers considered how the new public charge final rule could impact Cabo Verdean immigrants in the United States. The program demonstrates how project- and human-centered pedagogy through social science research advances student learning by providing students an opportunity to directly observe the complex effects of policy decisions on people’s lives.

Journal Title

Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal

Volume

3

Issue

1

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.5070/T33146972

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