This is a digital library of audio-recorded interviews with editors, authors, and global scholars from the interdisciplinary Research with International Students Network whose research includes international students as participants or co-researchers. We take a critical approach to humanize international students in research and practice. The audio interviews are hosted by Asuka Ichikawa. Episode One: The firstContinue reading “Audio Interview: Chapter 1 Authors from #RISBook”
Category Archives: Research with International Students Book
International students: Is it an innocent label?
Reflections on ‘Research with International Students Conference’ (The University of Manchester, 11-12 December 2023) By Riadh Ghemmour (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) In December 2023 I attended and presented at an international conference on ‘Research with International Students’ hosted by Manchester colleagues Dr Jenna Mittelmeier, Dr Sylvie Lomer, and Dr Kalyani UnkuleContinue reading “International students: Is it an innocent label?”
Causes, mechanisms, and consequences of Othering in higher education
by Yang Liu and Yizhu Qian This post is a summary of the authors’ chapter in the Research with International Students book (chapter 5). Othering has garnered attention within higher education institutions (HEIs), particularly for international students. This chapter delves into why it occurs, how it happens and what impact it can bring. Additionally, theContinue reading “Causes, mechanisms, and consequences of Othering in higher education”
Conducting critical quantitative research with international students: A scholar-practitioner’s perspective
Written by Keanen M. McKinley (William & Mary) Critical quantitative research is gaining interest among researchers across fields, including researchers working with international students. Although quantitative research may have an air of objectivity—given its ties to experiments, statistics, mathematics, and the like—there is a growing awareness that quantitative researchers are implicated in the research processContinue reading “Conducting critical quantitative research with international students: A scholar-practitioner’s perspective”
Researcher positionality – the multiple spatialities of mobile bodies
Written by Vera Spangler (PhD Researcher, University of Surrey) How we know, inhabit, experience, and move through worlds is shaped by our fluid and intersectional identities, which emerge relationally and situationally. This stance holds that our positionalities are not static, nor are they total; rather, they extend beyond the boundaries of ourselves and are aContinue reading “Researcher positionality – the multiple spatialities of mobile bodies “