Research Projects

Enriching Communities Through Research

The Cambio Center and our Fellows have designed and supported inspiring, community-engaged research projects since 2002. Our specialty is in understanding integration, belonging, growth, and development in Latine and immigrant communities.

What follows is a selected list of projects run through the Cambio Center. Please visit the MOSpace Cambio Center Digital Library for more information and findings from our major grant-funded projects.

  • “Refugee resettlement, economic self-sufficiency and well-being: Using mixed methods to understand the relationship between refugees’ migration ecologies and outcomes,” funded by the Institute for Research on Poverty, University on Wisconsin-Madison, PI Irma Arteaga, Co-PIs Emily Crawford and Lisa Dorner (2025-2026)
  • “Migration and Missouri: Sharing Stories to Connect to Each Other and Our Ever-Changing Communities,” funded by the Missouri Humanities, PI Lisa Dorner (2025-2026)
  • “Strengthening Refugee Education and Equity in Missouri,” a contract with the Missouri Office of Refugee Administration (MO-ORA), PIs Emily Crawford-Rossi and Lisa M. Dorner (2023-2024)
  • “The Impact of Hazards on Immigrant Communities,” a sub-contract with Purdue University, PI Corinne Valdivia (2023)
  • “Building Critical Consciousness in Dual Language Bilingual Education,” funded by the Spencer Foundation, PI Lisa Dorner (2022)
  • Latino Agricultural Entrepreneurship Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, multi-university Research Team (2016-2019)
  • Immigrant Integration and Sustainable Rural Development Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, PI Corinne Valdivia with co-PIs Lisa Flores and Steve Jeanetta (2011-2015)
  • Assets Accumulation Strategies in Three New Settlement Communities, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, PI Corinne Valdivia (2006-2010)
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