As noted in Research with International Students, intersectionality of international students is essential to how we understand our experiences as international students, and why & how we might design our research with international students. While each element of intersectionality is inseparable from one another, in this episode we will have a deep dive into the topic of race and international students with the two guests – newly minted Dr. Shannon Hutcheson (McGill University) and Dr. Sarang Kim (University of California, San Diego).
In this episode, we will first have a process-oriented reflection on their dissertation journey, and then discuss how they use the lens of race to critically examine the systemic oppression of international students in Canadian and American contexts. Throughout our conversation, we also look at the role of researcher positionality and how we could take care of ourselves as researchers and individuals.
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Delgado, R., & Stefancic, J. (2012). Critical race theory: An introduction. New York University Press.
Hutcheson, S. (2024). Calling race into research with international students. In J. Mittelmeier, S. Lomer, & K. Unkule (Eds.), Research with international students: Critical conceptual and methodological considerations (pp. 96–106). Routledge.
Jones, C. P. (2018). Toward the science and practice of anti-racism: Launching a national campaign against racism. Ethnicity and Disease, 28(Suppl 1), 231–234. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.28.S1.231
Kim, S. (2024). A critical oversight: International students’ racial consciousness and agency in U.S. higher education. About Campus: Enriching the Student Learning Experience, 28(6), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.1177/10864822231195843
Critical Internationalization Studies Network: https://criticalinternationalization.net/
Video lectures from RIS Conference (2023)
Dr. Shannon Hutcheson: “Race is not a non-issue: Inclusions of race via critical thematic analysis on research with international students” (16 mins). https://youtu.be/ah1F0Vds_68
Dr. Sarang Kim: “Integrating agency and empowerment in research with international students: A phenomenological exploration of critical consciousness and social justice perspectives” (14 min). https://youtu.be/ZK0CrnvT4ww
The videos were recorded at our Research with International Students Conference in December 2023 hosted at the University of Manchester, UK.
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Ichikawa, A. (2024, July 29). On Doctoral Dissertation Process and On Race and International Students with Dr. Shannon Hutcherson and Dr. Sarang Kim (No. 2) [Audio interview podcast episode]. In RIS Audio Interviews. Research with International Students. Available at: https://researchintlstudents.com/audio-interview-episode-2/
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