Veiled Incivilities: International Students and Campus/Classroom Climate at Predominantly White Universities

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  In Roundtable Session: Faculty and Student Diversity on Campus

Abstract

This dissertation adds to the literature on international students and their experiences in higher education in the U.S. as symbols of the ethnic Other (Said, 1978), by 1) focusing on students from China and Saudi Arabia and their perceptions of the classroom climate, especially their feelings of being welcomed or unwelcomed; and 2) examining their perceptions of pedagogical practices and student behaviors that marginalized and included them. The mixed-methods study was conducted at three predominantly white institutions in the Mountain West, utilizing the theoretical frameworks of the campus climate (Hurtado, et al., 1998) and Feagin's (2010) white racial frame. Findings and implications for higher-education administrators will be shared.

Author

• Ann Roemer, Utah State University