Experiences of immigrant professors : challenges, cross-cultural differences, and lessons for success / edited by Charles B. Hutchison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hutchison, Charles B.

Series:

Routledge research in higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers, Foreign--Cross-cultural studies.

College teachers, Foreign.

College teaching--Cross-cultural studies.

College teaching.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 270 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2016]

Contents:

The Private and Professional Lives of Foreign-Born Professors : From Abstractions to the Practical / Charles B. Hutchison

Foreign-Born Professors and Their Quests for Social and Psychological Home Integrating Social, Cultural, and Professional Dimensions of Life / Amy Carattini

A Portrait of the Life and Work of Expatriate Educators in Cambodia / Alexander Jun, Rebecca Hong, Curtis Cline, and Faith Fitt

The "Unusual" Professors : The Experiences and Impact of Foreign Professors in Post Franco Spain / Alice Gail Bier and Louis Lemkow

Conversations on Ethnicity, Adaptation and Belonging : Auto-Ethnography at the Base of the Ivory Tower / Marcia D. Nichols, Aminul Huq, Bijaya Aryal, and Xavier Prat-Resina

Voices From Behind the Scenes : How Foreign-Born English Teachers Find Their Place in the French Education System / Claire Griffin

Challenges and Self-Efficacy of Female East Asian-Born Faculty in American Universities / Hyeyoung Bang

The True Meaning of Integrity : Reflections on a Professional Life in Japan / Robin Sakamoto

Moroccan Imams and the "Girl Professor" : Positionality and Epistemai in a Classroom-Based Cross-Cultural Exchange of Knowledge / Emilie Roy

Not So Fast : Navigating the Complexities of Teaching in an American University as a Foreign-Born Teacher Educator / Eucabeth Odhiambo

My Professional Teaching Experience in the USA, 1977-2014 : The Case of an African-Born Immigrant / Peter F. B. Nayenga

Negotiating the Trilogy of Black-ness, "African-ness", and "Accent-ness" : A "Native-Alien" Professor's Tale / Obed Mfum-Mensah

From Essential and Central to Constructivist Trenches : Navigating the Transnational Contexts of the Instructional Practice of a Foreign-Born Professor / Fonkem Achankeng

Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of African-Born Professor's Identity in the U.S. Academe / Michael Takafor Ndemanu,

Not an Easy Road : Journey of a Jamaican Academic / Leonie J. Brooks

"Almost American" : The Challenges of a Canadian Professor Working in the United States / Scott Kissau

Drained Brains : Canadian Professors in the United States / Dave Eaton

Identity Construction of a Second Language Educator / Tanita Saenkhum

My American Academia : At Home and Abroad / Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar

"... come è duro calle / lo scendere e 'l salir per l'altrui scale" : Musings of a Foreign-Born Philosopher in the American Academy / Lucio Angelo Privitello

The Unified Voices of Immigrant Professors and Their Cross-Cultural Teaching Live : Lessons Learned / Charles B. Hutchison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138806962

113880696X

OCLC:

924681725