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Project- and Human-Centered Teaching and Learning: Diplomacy Lab and the Expanded Public Charge Rule for New Cabo Verdean Immigrants
- Author(s): Lundy, Brandon D
- Garefino, Allison C.
- Cleaver, Brenda L
- Dumett, Danielle
- Godwin, Kaitlyn
- Haile, Agazeet
- Hasse, William P
- Seigler, Alexandria
- Smith, Kathleen B
- Zingleman, Nicholas A
- et al.
Abstract
This commentary introduces the U.S. State Department-sponsored Diplomacy Lab. This program provides interdisciplinary teams of students an opportunity to learn how to directly inform government policy development and implementation. In the project discussed here, a team of student researchers considered how the new public charge final rule could impact Cabo Verdean immigrants in the United States. The program demonstrates how project- and human-centered pedagogy through social science research advances student learning by providing students an opportunity to directly observe the complex effects of policy decisions on people’s lives.