Experiences of Immigrant Professors: Challenges, Cross-Cultural Differences, and Lessons for Success [Hardcover]

Educational institutions all over the world continue to attract the services of foreign-born scholars. In addition to the culture shock that immigrants experience in unfamiliar countries, these scholars often undergo pedagogical shock. Through autobiographical accounts of foreign-born professors from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the US, this volume examines the experiences of foreign-born professors around the world to provide insight on the curricular, school-systemic, and sociological differences and challenges that are encountered, and how to help resolve them. It will help administrators, institutions, and immigration and comparative education scholars understand the cross-cultural challenges and coping strategies that define the private and professional lives of foreign-born professors across the globe.

1. The Private and Professional Lives of Foreign-Born Professors: From Abstractions to the Practical. Charles B. Hutchison. 2. Foreign-Born Professors and Their Quests for Social and Psychological Home: Integrating Social, Cultural, and Professional Dimensions of Life. Amy Carattini. 3. A Portrait of the Life and Work of Expatriate Educators in Cambodia. Alexander Jun, Rebecca Hong, Curtis Cline, and Faith Fitt. 4. The Unusual Professors: The Experiences and Impact of Foreign Professors in Post Franco Spain. Alice Gail Bier and Louis Lemkow. 5. Conversations on Ethnicity, Adaptation and Belonging: Auto-Ethnography at the Base of the Ivory Tower. Marcia D. Nichols, Aminul Huq  Bijaya Aryal, and Xavier Prat-Resina. 6. Voices From Behind the Scenes: How Foreign-Born English Teachers Find Their Place in the French Education System. Claire Griffin. 7. Challenges and Self-Efficacy of Female East Asian-Born Faculty in American Universities. Hyeyoung Bang. 8. The True Meaning of Integrity: Reflections on a Professional Life in Japan. Robin Sakamoto. 9.Moroccan Imams and the Girl Professor: Positionality and Epistemai in a Classroom-Based Crlc.