Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1987. / Vita. Bibliography: leaves [147]-154.

Between 2005 and 2009, Iran became one of the most significant immigrant sending source countries to Nova Scotia. My thesis examines the settlement experiences of Iranian immigrants in Halifax to determine whether they plan on staying in the province. I engage literature on multiculturalism and transnationality as a theoretical framework to explore what influences newcomers in developing a sense of belonging to Canada. By conducting interviews with Iranian immigrants, I found that social network sites are an important tool for integrating and facilitating political organization and transnational activism. Other findings suggest that lack of employment opportunities and dismissal of foreign experience are the main reasons for out-migration.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, 2005. / Bibliography: leaves 380-401. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2005. / Title from title screen (viewed 26 May 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (doctoral)--Stockholm University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-324).

In recent years, many ethnic Armenians from Iran have come to the US as refugees, resettling in a diverse landscape that already includes large Armenian and Iranian diaspora communities. Soon after arrival, they also interface with US institutions in a home visit from a refugee resettlement case worker. In this thesis I adopt constructivist understandings of identity-in-interaction to examine the identity work that older Armenian Iranian immigrants do during these visits, reproduced here as life history interviews. I argue that Armenian Iranians use the home visit to discursively construct an Armenian Iranian identity that addresses the tension between institutional and community pressure to represent themselves as uniquely discriminated against in Iranian society while still identifying with an Iranian national identity. The more localized and temporary identities and interactional roles that speakers – including the researcher – adopt in the interviews also contribute to gender asymmetries in the interactions to the effect that men most often command the floor. Therefore, while the home visit format provides insight into the ways Armenian Iranians articulate an identity that is at least in part “Iranian” amidst normative pressures to do otherwise, it can also translate into an interaction that privileges men’s perspectives and allows them to largely determine its direction and content. / text

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Niva Piran.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 1998. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-59). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ33508.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University (Melbourne, Vic.), 2007.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 2002. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-171). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ82821.