Transnationalism of Asian female scholars in the US higher education institutions

Authors

Abstract

This chapter explores how Asian female scholars have faced gendered academic transnationalism in their everyday lives and career. The chapter also provides research trends on perspectives of inherently gendered and uneven academic migration and through synthesizing existing literature. Prior studies report several benefits of the foreign-born scholars’ transnationalism have brought bringing to the US higher education institutions (e.g., enhancing academic productivity and recruiting more international students from home countries to American universities). However, the life course, the familial relations, and long but hardly changed gendered images of Asian female scholars at both their academic institutions and everyday lives needs to be also discussed.

Author Biographies

  • Hyejin Yoon, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    Hyejin Yoon, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Her research interests include knowledge transfer, gendered transnational migration of highly skilled labor, regional economic development, and global commodity chain.  Email: yoon3@uwm.edu

  • Jung Eun Hong, University of West Georgia

    Jung Eun Hong, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of West Georgia. Her research interests include geography education, global understanding and citizenship, and qualitative methods.  Email: jhong@westga.edu

Published

2021-10-05

Issue

2021: The Experiences of International Faculty in Institutions of Higher Education

Section

International Faculty (Published)

How to Cite

Transnationalism of Asian female scholars in the US higher education institutions. (2021). Comparative & International Education Series. https://ojed.org/cies/article/view/2403