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  DISCRIMINATION IN IMMIGRANT HOUSING:   A Pilot Paired‐Testing Project in Greens boro, NC                            Stephen J. Sills, PhD, Principal Investi gator  Department of Sociology, University of N orth Carolina at Greensboro      Elizabeth A. Blake, Research Assistant  Department of Sociology, University of N orth Carolina at Greensboro                      Preparation of this report was ...

Respondents were asked to indicate which three Asian languages they would be most interested in studying. By far the top choice, expressed both in total number of responses as well as first choice, was Japanese (347 responses or 15.93% of all valid responses indicating Japanese as a first choice; 592 or 27.18% indicating Japanese as a first, second, or third choice). This was followed by Mandar...

A Visual Analysis of North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen J. Sills Jennifer Horton Sociology Department 2007 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) Saturday November 17, 2007 Images. They are so compelling that we cannot not watch them. They are so seductive that they have revolutionized human social communication. Ora...

Title: Submission Type: Authors: Discrimination in Immigrant Rental Housing: A PairedTesting Study Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Blake, Elizabeth A. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Nearly fifty years after “Jim Crow” laws were abolished, residential segregation is still \a contemporary social problem. The 1968 Fair Housing Act and subsequent amendm...

Title: Interethnic Relations and Reactive Ethnicity: The Development of Filipino Guest Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan. Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Chowthi, Natassaja (University of North Carolina Greensboro) In the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) of Taiwan, Filipino guest workers experience a high degree of exclusion and segregation. Governmental poli...

Title: Submission Type: Authors: Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights Movement in Myanmar Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Myanmar is a Southeast Asian country of roughly 55 million people. Following its independence from the UK in 1948 it has been in an almost continuous state of civil war. The country maintained a brief democratic governme...

Title: Visualizing the Triad's Immigrant Community: A Visual Content Analysis Submission Type: Paper Authors: Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Horton, Jennifer E. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Abstract: The debate over immigration and immigration reform has been shaped by the media's portal of immigrants. This portrayal has often reified popular stereotype...

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Add/Edit Presentation http://meetingsavvy.com/sss/presentation .aspx?X=Ps4C5bujrLs%3d Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Title: Submission Type: Authors: Abstract: Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights Movement in Myanmar Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Myanmar is a Southeast As...