U.S. Citizenship: The Gap between Policy and Lived Reality | Erica Husby
My research examines the U.S. naturalization test, especially the process that immigrants from a background of low formal education with low literacy and language levels go through as they prepare for naturalization.
This examination is done within the historical context of the naturalization test. Building on my experience as a citizenship teacher, I explore how citizenship students and teachers interact with the multiple conflicting messages from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about the test.
In this presentation, I will share a brief summary of my thesis and discuss implications for citizenship teachers and tutors, as well as how the citizenship test relates to other high-stakes tests.
Erica Husby
Erika currently teaches ESL & Citizenship at Rohingya Culture Center.
She has been working with beginning literacy learners for the past decade and teaching Citizenship for about 7 years.
Erika recently completed a masters in Applied Linguistics and wrote a thesis about the U.S. citizenship test.