Katharine Donato

Donato will analyze how race and gender affect immigrant incorporation in the U.S. Using Census data, she will investigate immigrant women’s participation in the labor force and track how marital status and education affect economic outcomes of immigrants in comparison to the native-born. She will also draw from interviews with both immigrants and natives in Nashville, Tennessee to explore how immigrants assimilate by constructing and reconstructing their identities based on the existing racial hierarchy.