Situating within the balance: A qualitative study exploring interpreters' experiences working with refugees in the United States.

Spoken language interpreters play a critical role in bridging the linguistic and cultural gap between refugee newcomers and service providers in resettlement countries. Little is known about the positions interpreters assume in their work with refugee newcomers and the meaning-making processes attached. Our study used constructivist grounded theory techniques and Situational Analysis to analyse interview transcripts and identify positions taken. We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 12 professional interpreters working in the southeastern United States. Findings suggest interpreters break the mould of the dominant training paradigm-the black box interpretation model-to support the realities of their clients' needs. We conceptualised five prominent positions interpreters take-the conduit, the clarifier, the co-clinician, the comforter, and the volunteer. Practice recommendations include incorporating identified positions into professional interpreter training and supervision agendas.

Exploring network derived indicators of acculturation among college enrolled Latinxs: Examining language use and homophily in support networks.

Acculturation measures focus on the perceived composition of a person's social networks as a characteristic of cultural change but have not focused on specific social relationships as sources of evaluation. The current study explores network-derived indicators of acculturation and determines the viability of network acculturation as a related, but distinct, construct from enculturation. A first-order ego network electronic survey design was used to gather social network and traditional survey data from a sample of college-enrolled Latinxs using name generator and name interpreter questions. Findings indicate low but statistically significant correlations between network indicators of acculturation and enculturation as hypothesized. No group differences in network acculturation were observed between generational statuses despite demonstrated differences in psychological enculturation. The low but statistically significant relationships between enculturation and network acculturation suggest conceptually related but distinct indicators of acculturation. Latinx homophily was the strongest predictor of enculturation, revealing the importance of network characteristics.