Jessie Jia '25 Studies Class Conflicts, Identity of Migrants in America
September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, Sept. 25 -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release:
Xuanting "Jessie" Jia '25, one of two 2024 Eckley Summer Scholars, set out to explore how writers of migration literature present an alternative vision of America -- one where class conflicts, rather than cultural differences, drive racial and ethnic divisions.
The title of Jia's project became, "Rethinking America: The Class Politics in Three Novels of Mig . . .
Xuanting "Jessie" Jia '25, one of two 2024 Eckley Summer Scholars, set out to explore how writers of migration literature present an alternative vision of America -- one where class conflicts, rather than cultural differences, drive racial and ethnic divisions.
The title of Jia's project became, "Rethinking America: The Class Politics in Three Novels of Mig . . .