I was a presenter at the Juneau–Gastineau Rotary Club in January 2020, speaking on “Several sanctioned avenues for immigration to the United States.” At the end of my presentation, an attendee asked a ...

Freedom, as it has historically been understood in the English-speaking world, includes as fundamental assumptions a cultural norm of individualism and a government that does not attempt to assume the ...

America is not a melting pot. Maybe it was in the 18th century when this phrase was first coined. At that time the “new race of men” being forged included immigrants who were already culturally, ...

Acculturation is a key concept in understanding how cultural context shapes individuals and communities. Berry (1997) describes acculturation as the process of cultural and psychological change that ...

Assimilation in business refers to the ability of a workplace to quickly bring a new employee up to speed with regard to the organizational culture and how employees interact with each other and ...

Digital Reculturation is different than the aforementioned acculturation models as they rely on a spectrum of assimilation to mainstream or “American” culture. Digital Reculturation is the process of ...

NBC News, facing mounting backlash stemming from former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw ’s comments that Hispanics should “work harder at assimilation” into American culture, distanced the ...

Theater Wit, in collaboration with the Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies at Northwestern and Northlight Theatre, will host CityTalk: A Series of Conversations on Assimilation, Antisemitism and ...