From Being to Becoming: An International Student’s Journey at Becoming an International Education Scholar
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https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v12iS2.4456Keywords:
autoethnography, international students, international higher education, student development, identity developmentAbstract
Framed as a critical autoethnography (Boylorn & Orbe, 2020), this study is a reflection on my personal and academic journey from ‘being’ an international student in the United States, to ‘becoming’ a scholar who studies issues of international student mobility. Through a comprehensive dataset comprised of self-reflection, personal communications, published and unpublished scholarly works, and presentations, I show how by being the Other and observing or experiencing issues of discrimination against international students, I transformed my scholarly identity and used my agency to bring attention to these issues.
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