Ja Seng Ra Nkhum
Global Studies Portfolio
Senior Capstone Project
As a senior in the Global Studies Diploma Program, you are tasked with creating a year-long capstone project that explores a global issue of your choosing. We gather comprehensive research, write a research paper, and create two other products to show our learning. Here, I will be documenting my process as I complete each step.​​
For my capstone project, I chose to explore immigration laws and the conflicts immigrants typically encounter when they first arrive, navigating the Global Studies themes of human rights, globalization, and non-violence & war. As it is a broad focus, I do not have an essential question yet. However, my hope for this project is for people to understand not only the hardships that come with immigrating, but the joy of being able to share and integrate multiple parts of a person's identity.
My first step in this process is to begin researching. I have moderate knowledge of this topic, so I aim to create a base understanding of what immigration is, what it entails, and to distinguish the range of immigrants: refugees to visa holders. Linked below are the two sources I will start with!
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