Dr. Stephanie Zonszein

Biography

Stephanie Zonszein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on immigrant integration within advanced industrial societies, examining the behavior of immigrants and native-born individuals in response to policies that shape integration. Her work investigates the impacts of non-assimilationist policies, which remove structural barriers to integration while imposing cultural accommodations. Zonszein is particularly interested in how these policies influence the mainstream societal entry of immigrants, including their proficiency in the host country’s language and their political participation. She also explores the reactions of native-born citizens to the successful integration of immigrants, including the political and social responses to the electoral accession of ethnic minority members into political office.

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