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Always an Academic Immigrant : A Collective Memoir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lemish, Dafna.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Education, Higher--Cross-cultural studies.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants in higher education--Cross-cultural studies.
- Immigrants in higher education.
- Immigrant college teachers--Cross-cultural studies.
- Immigrant college teachers.
- Immigrants--Biography.
- Universities and colleges--Employees--Social conditions--Cross-cultural studies.
- Universities and colleges.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Always an Academic Immigrant: A Collective Memoir shares the voices of academic immigrants who moved from their home country to a host country for a position of higher education institution. What motivates people to move for an academic position? What are the challenges they face? What do they see as their unique contributions to their institutions? What is their sense of integration in the host society, level of belonging, and of finding a "home" in the new country? What are their plans for the future - does this include the possibility of returning to their home country? Dafna Lemish elevates the voices of academic immigrants from 37 countries around the world, who moved to 11 countries, highlighting the unique benefits they bring to the academic world in their scholarship, teaching, and leadership roles"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The journey: why this book
- The seeds: do childhood experiences prepare for immigration?
- The voyage: what are the reasons for immigration?
- The challenges: why is immigration so difficult?
- The benefits: what are these academics uniquely contributing?
- The home: where is home for academic immigrants?
- The bridge: what keeps immigrants connected?
- The return: would they consider going back?
- The support: what can be done to help academic immigrants?
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-9788-4363-1
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