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Louisiana Accent Away From Home

By Paige Webb Allison Webb is a fourth-grade elementary school teacher. She has been teaching for a total of 18

From the U.S. to Europe and back – Corinne Zahra’s Journey By Lauren Reid Corinne Zahra was an international student

By Leah Cobb Lidia Elezaj is an 18-year-old student at Oakland University. Originally from Italy, her family of seven packed

By Allan Bush Noora Al-Sharabi is an American-born resident of Michigan. Her parents being from Syria wanted to have their

By Allan Bush My immigration story isn’t so much my own, but my mother’s. She and her family fled Iraq

By Eileen LeValley My name is Eileen LeValley. I grew up in historical “Corktown” in Detroit, Michigan. My grandfather came

By Hadeel Al-Daoud Natalie Safadi, a former Oakland University student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and

Rachel Reppert interviewed Vanessa Welly, child welfare major at Oakland University about her family and culture. Family and Culture Are

Katie Willman and Majd Swidan interviewed David Decker about the loss of his mother and the resilience that has led

Taylor McDaniel interviewed Dr. Linda Bzhetaj, Special Instructor of Sociology at Oakland, about gender, immigration, and graduate school. What was