1. 회원 여러분의 건승을 기원합니다.

2. 서울대학교 BK21 FOUR "자유롭고 책임있는 AI 미디어" 교육연구단과 언론정보연구소에서 제5회 해외저명학자 초청 특강을 개최합니다. 이에 다음과 같이 안내해 드리니, 관심 있는 회원님들의 많은 참여 바랍니다.

- 다 음 -

BK FOUR "자유롭고 책임있는 AI 미디어" 교육연구단과 언론정보연구소에서는 커뮤니케이션학계 해외 유수 학자들을 초청해 다양한 주제의 강연 시리즈를 개최하고 있습니다.

이 세션은 온라인(ZOOM)으로만 진행됩니다. 많은 분들의 관심과 참여 부탁드립니다.

■ 일시: 4월 7일 (목) 12:30 - 14:00

■ 접속 링크: https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/81618765612

■ 강연자: Jennifer Kam (University of California, Santa Barbara)

■ 제목: Structural Barriers and Mental Health Strain: The Role of Communication in Cultivating Resilience for Undocumented Students

■ 내용:

In the United States and elsewhere, *undocumented high school students and college students encounter numerous structural barriers that lead to educational, economic, and health inequities. In this presentation, I will discuss my use of a social ecological model of resilience to identify ways to attenuate the negative effects of structural barriers. As an example, I will present a longitudinal survey study that examines how hope communication from parents and teachers predicts undocumented and documented Latina/o/x high school students’ intentions to apply to college. Nevertheless, for undocumented students who pursue a higher education, many structural barriers that they faced in high school persist in college, and additional challenges emerge in college, all of which can lead to mental health strain. Yet, research indicates that undocumented college students underutilize the free mental health services at their school. Thus, for the second study, I will talk about a current project that uses a culturally-grounded, narrative-engagement approach to develop short videos that are intended to reduce the barriers to talking to a campus mental health professional (e.g., therapist or psychologist).

*Undocumented immigrants are people who reside in a country without legal authorization because they entered the country without authorization or they remained in the country after their authorization expired.

■ 강연자 소개:

Jennifer Kam is Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and she is a Faculty Affiliate with the Chicana/o Studies Institute and the Migration Initiative at UCSB. Guided by a social ecological model of resilience, Dr. Kam examines how stressors, rooted in structural barriers, are associated with the health and wellbeing of immigrant youth. In addition, she conducts research that identifies promotive factors at different levels (e.g., individual, interpersonal, institutional, cultural, state, and federal) to cultivate resilience and promote thriving. When studying stress and resilience, Dr. Kam utilizes quantitative (e.g., longitudinal survey data) and qualitative (e.g., semi-structured interviews). She is the former Chair of the Division of Health Communication at the National Communication Association, and she received the 2016 Early Career Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division at the National Communication Association. She is currently on the editorial boards of Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Communication Research, and Communication Monographs, and Dr. Kam has published extensively in these leading outlets.