Catrina Doxsee
Catrina Doxsee was an Associate Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, where she conducted research and policy analysis to promote the successful long-term civic, economic, and linguistic integration of immigrants and refugees, with a focus on adult education and workforce development policy.
Previously, she served in Compass AmeriCorps for two years as a Refugee Caseworker and Volunteer Coordinator at Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh. She has also worked as a Research Assistant at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, interned in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Middle East and North Africa Office, and worked on several youth education initiatives in Chicago.
Ms. Doxsee holds an MA in strategic studies and international economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in history from the University of Chicago.
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Surviving vs. Thriving: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Adult Education for Immigrants and Refugees
Taking stock of weaknesses in the WIOA-driven design of most adult basic education programming, MPI analysts draw on research from the integration, adult education, and postsecondary success fields in arguing for the adoption of an “English Plus Integration” (EPI) adult education program model, and discuss strategies for implementation.