I was a presenter at the Juneau–Gastineau Rotary Club in January 2020, speaking on “Several sanctioned avenues for immigration to the United States.” At the end of my presentation, an attendee asked a ...

This paper deals with a re-examination of Eaton's (1952) concept of controlled acculturation. Comparative data on the Hutterian Brethren and the Old Order Amish are used to posit additional ...

J Prim Prev. 2009;30(3):215-263. In contrast to the unidirectional assimilation approach, the bidirectional approach considers enculturation (i.e., adoption and maintenance of behaviors, norms, values ...

Journal of Population Research, Vol. 34, No. 2 (2017), pp. 165-183 (19 pages) The impact of acculturation on health status has been a subject of debate for over three decades. In this exploratory ...

When we welcome new migrants to this great country, we do both them and ourselves a disservice by refusing to make ...

J Prim Prev. 2009;30(3):215-263. Although it is impossible to make claims based on two investigations, emerging evidence has suggested that low acculturated Latinas (e.g., those who speak Spanish at ...

A recent study found a potential link between assimilation and depression and sleep duration of Mexican Americans. The researchers used data from the 2005-2018 National Health and Nutrition ...

Rep. Steve King said Monday that he wasn’t making a statement about race but rather about immigration and culture when he posted a controversial tweet saying the U.S. “can’t restore our civilization ...

Acculturation is a key concept in understanding how cultural context shapes individuals and communities. Berry (1997) describes acculturation as the process of cultural and psychological change that ...

In this week’s issue, Alex Ross reflects on the gay community’s extraordinary political progress in recent decades. For The New Yorker Out Loud, Ross and Hilton Als talk with Sasha Weiss about what ...