International Student Agency: An Underutilized Perspective

• In Event: Well-Being and Health

Abstract

International students have gone through a variety of experiences in the past two years and counting. They have had their college experiences challenged, blocked, and threatened due to the pandemic and other external forces outside of their control. However, what we know little of is the resistance and agency they showed to navigate the variety of challenges they faced in U.S. higher education. This proposal aims to highlight why this may occur and shed light on how International student agency, an unexplored phenomenon, is illustrated by students in U.S. colleges and universities.

Authors

• Minghui Hou, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

• Rudisang Motshubi, Iowa State University