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Gallo, Sarah; Adams Corral, Melissa – Journal of Literacy Research, 2023
Drawing from an ethnography with mixed-status families residing in Mexico, we examine what we term transborder literacies of (in)visibility, or diasporic people's innovative interactions around texts that prepare them to move across incompatible mononational institutions divided by borders. Through close attention to the literacy practices…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Mexicans, Immigrants, Literacy
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Gallo, Sarah – Ethnography and Education, 2021
Drawing from an ethnographic study with families who relocated from the United States to Mexico, I explore what I call parents' transborder pedagogies of the home, or the home-based educational practices that adults with experiences across transnational institutions draw upon to prepare their children for life and learning on both sides of the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Relocation, Mexicans, Family School Relationship
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Gallo, Sarah; Suriel, Anel V. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2022
Drawing from an ethnographic study with U.S.-born children who had relocated to their parents' hometowns in Mexico, we engaged transborder and dis/ability critical race studies (DisCrit) frameworks to understand the compounding, deterritorialized ways undocumentedness and dis/ability shape educational experiences across borders. In this article,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undocumented Immigrants, Ethnography, Parent Participation
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Gallo, Sarah – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Drawing from an ethnographic study on Mexican immigrant fathers and their second-grade children, this article examines the masked realities behind current immigration policies that equate "illegal" with "Mexican immigrant" and how the enforcement of these policies, which overwhelmingly target Mexican immigrant men, affect…
Descriptors: Immigration, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, Gender Bias
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Gallo, Sarah; Wortham, Stanton – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2012
Although many have documented the high value Latino families place on education, prevalent discourses nonetheless characterize Latino immigrant parents as not caring about their children's education. This paper describes the practice-based components of a participatory action research project in which we created a collaborative film, intended for…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Parent Attitudes, Immigrants, Action Research