Vol. 14 No. 3 (2024): Journal of International Students

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This volume features contributions from 84 authors across diverse academic disciplines, offering a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted experiences of international students. The articles delve into key themes such as wellbeing, cultural adaptation, academic transitions, and systemic challenges faced by international students in various educational contexts. Highlights include innovative approaches such as using comedy to foster connectedness, frameworks for understanding Chinese postgraduate students' transitions, and the influence of social and systemic factors on STEM major choices. Other articles explore critical issues like the intersection of Title IX and campus safety, the portrayal of host families in study abroad programs, and the acculturation of international students over two decades of global research.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i4
Published: 2024-04-21

Research Articles (English)

  • International students creating comedy to foster wellbeing and connectedness ‘Are you joking?’

    Diane de saint Léger, Jayne Lysk, Richard Sallis, Kelly McConville, Danielle Clayman
    1-20
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5841

  • Black African Students in Predominantly White U.S. Higher Education Institutions Drivers Influencing Their Identification and Commitment

    Ibrahima Fatin Yaro, Jennifer Mize Smith
    21-41
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5871

  • Likened to “a Boiled Egg” A New Framework for Understanding Chinese Postgraduate Taught Students’ Transitional Experience

    JIE Zhang, Dely Lazarte Elliot, Kara A. Makara
    42-60
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6046

  • Social and Systemic Influences on International Students’ Choice of a STEM Major

    Shiva Jahani, Ph.D., Rebecca Soto
    61-88
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6093

  • Choosing American Colleges from Afar Chinese Students’ College Choice in the US

    Liang Ding, Siguo Li, Yefei Xue
    89-108
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5873

  • Transnational Voices in Academia Narratives of Identity and Positionality through Research and Teaching

    Nasiba Norova, Juan David Gutiérrez
    109-130
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6244

  • International Student Agency in Emergency Insights from Government-funded Students from Kazakhstan

    Aliya Kuzhabekova, Zhuldyz Amankulova
    131-148
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6107

  • International Students and Generative Artificial Intelligence A Cross-Cultural Exploration of HE Academic Integrity Policy

    Peter Bannister, Elena Alcalde Peñalver, Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta
    149-170
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6277

  • We have to change; they stay the same a qualitative study of Chinese international students’ academic experiences at an Australian university

    mingxin qu, xianlin Song
    171-191
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6466

  • “Self-Fashioning” Female Chinese International Students Navigating United States Campuses

    Ting Huang, Shadeed Khan
    192-211
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6036

  • Transitioning from Italy to the United States Intercultural learning and living experience of two doctoral students

    Ruoyi Qiu, MARTINA SCHIAVO, Joellen Coryell
    212-224
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5681

  • Transposed identity negotiation A new conceptual framework

    Kelly McAllester
    225-231
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6132

  • Returning through Front or Back Door Legibility Sorter for Overseas Ph.D. Holders in Kazakhstan

    Aliya Kuzhabekova
    232-253
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5932

  • How Do Transnational Distance Education Graduate Students Perceive Quality? A Collaborative Autoethnography

    Rebecca E. Heiser, Chrysoula Lazou, Anastasia Mavraki, Maria Psychogiou, Aga Palalas, Pamela Walsh
    254-275
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6272

  • Social and Cultural Barriers Reported by STEM International Graduate Students of Color

    MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ, BRIAN ZAMMARRIPPA ROMAN, MIRNA MOHAMED, RAMON BARTHELEMY
    276-302
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6694

  • The Innocents Abroad International Students, Title IX, and the Need to Address Campus Safety

    James Thomas, Masha Krsmanovic, Holly Foster
    303-322
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5370

  • Wellness Practices of Minority International Students A Grounded Theory Study

    Mahmood Salim Almaawali
    323-343
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5717

  • One Course, Two Approaches: ITA Educators’ Diverging Ideologies

    Roger Anderson
    344-363
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5143

  • Examining the Relationship Between Academic Psychological Capital Profiles and Coping with Academic Stress and Time Management Among Undergraduate Students

    Mauricio Ramírez-Pérez, Reinaldo Zurita Zurita
    364-384
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6302

  • “I Am Not Complaining” Listening to International Students’ Requests and Complaints as Expressions of Diverse Learning Needs

    Irene Torres-Arends, Michele Jacobsen
    385-407
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6298

  • Examining the Portrayal of U.S. Host Families and Exchange Students in Study Abroad Websites A Content Analysis

    Alice Fanari
    408-426
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5490

  • Systematic Review of Global Research on Acculturation of International Students (2003-2023)

    Zhao Zhao, Madhubala Bava Harji
    427-447
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6690

  • Differential Adjustment Outcomes of International Students at U.S. Universities Examining the Intersections of Region of Origin, Gender, and Graduate Level

    Nelson Brunsting, Shinji Katsumoto, Hyunju Lee, W. Patrick Bingham
    448-467
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.4798

  • A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges for International Students Enrolled in Health Professional Education Degrees in Australia

    Scott William, Kath Peters, Iman Hegazi
    468-490
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6822

  • Evaluating the Impact of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy on International Postgraduate Science Education Programs

    Najeh Rajeh Alsalhi Alsalhi, Abdellateef Abdelhafez Alqawasmi, Bushra Ahmad Alakashee, Sami Al-Qatawneh, Abdalla Falah El-Mneizel, Ali Ahmad Al-Barakat, Samih Mahmoud Al-karasneh
    491-507
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.6824

  • "Let me talk!" Silenced voices of International Graduate Students and A Need for Transcaring pedagogy

    TUBA YILMAZ
    508-528
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i3.5223