Insights Into Challenges and Supporting System: A Duoethnography Study of Two Emerging International Scholars

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  In Roundtable Session: Exploring International Student Outcomes and Global Contexts in Higher Education (Table 26)

Abstract

Stories of the transition experiences from master’s to doctoral students have been undertold, especially narratives from an international perspective. Two authors, from racially and ethnically minoritized backgrounds, conducted a duoethnography study of their trans-cultural, linguistic, and educational experiences. They engaged in reflections and conversations, to explore and analyze their interpretations of how they utilized resources to support their navigation in the U.S. higher education system, to become better researchers, educators, and service leaders. Through their narratives and analysis, this study tried to unfold a holistic story to reveal structural barriers and challenges international graduate students would encounter. More importantly, it calls for a multilayered supporting system to assist international postgraduates to succeed and thrive in their doctoral programs.

Authors

• Qianhui Tian Hub, DePaul University

• Wenjin Guo, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology