3L student Emily Cole discusses her work as a fellow with the Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality (RICE) and as a research assistant for RICE Faculty-Director and Professor of Law Ming H. Chen.

Cole co-authored the scholarly paper, “Citizenship and Civic Engagement Among New Americans: Arab, Asian, and Latino Americans During a Shifting Political Landscape,” published in the UC Law Journal last fall.

• Co-authored a scholarly paper analyzing how the naturalization process shapes civic engagement to inform advocates and policymakers.

• Strengthened research, writing, and analytical skills by working directly with qualitative data and contributing to published legal scholarship.

• Connected academic research to career goals in plaintiff-side employment law, where immigration policy and workplace rights increasingly intersect.

3L Emily Cole:

As a research assistant for Professor Chen, I contributed to legal scholarship exploring participants’ experiences in the naturalization process and how those experiences shape civic engagement. I reviewed interview transcripts and helped develop findings that informed recommendations to the New Americans Campaign, a component of the Immigrant Legal Research Center run by UC Law alum Lucia Martel Dow, LLM ’12, on how to increase civic engagement among naturalized citizens.

It was extremely rewarding to work closely with Professor Chen on scholarship that directly impacts policies affecting so many people. This...

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