Future Directions for Equity-Driven International Student Research in Post/Crisis Times

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The objectives of this symposium are to identify, question, and problematize how international higher education can move beyond/within crises to (re)imagine future directions and possibilities for research on and related to international student mobility. This symposium will contribute to the scholarly discourse of how to advance research related to international students in post/crisis times, with an emphasis on equity-driven approaches. In this symposium, we collectively address the following questions: (1) how have ongoing and acute crises affected international student mobility?; (2) what have we learned from crises and their effects on international student populations, specifically related to equity?; and (3) what are ways in which higher education can move towards equitable approaches in international student research?

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 6: Society, Culture, and Change

Chair

• Christina W. Yao, University of South Carolina

Papers

• Im/Mobilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From International Graduate Students - Christina W. Yao, University of South Carolina; Jingtong Charlesworth, University of South Carolina; Kaitlyn Hall, University of South Carolina; Simone A. F. Gause, Coastal Carolina University

• An International Student Pipeline in California - Stephanie Kim, Georgetown University

• International Students' Role as Nonstate Actors Amid a World in Crisis - Santiago Castiello-Gutiérrez, Seton Hall University

• Beyond Emissions: Deepening International Education's Engagements With the Climate Crisis - Sharon Stein, University of British Columbia

Discussant

• Chris R. Glass, Old Dominion University