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Immigrant faculty in the academy : narratives of identity, resilience, and action / edited by Maysaa Barakat and Mariela A. Rodríguez.

"This edited volume shares the diverse experiences of immigrant professors in the United States. Chapters provide insight for educators in academia seeking deeper understanding of issues of identity and intersectionality, assimilation and integration, culture and its different manifestations, a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Barakat, Maysaa (Editor), Rodríguez, Mariela A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Subjects:
College teachers, Foreign > United States > Case studies.
College teachers, Foreign > United States > Biography.
College teaching > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
College teachers, Foreign.
College teaching > Social aspects.
United States.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Maysaa Barakat and Mariela A. Rodríguez
  • Huītzilin the traveler : exploring the edges of identity and leadership / Mónica Byrne-Jiménez and Armando M. Byrne
  • The nuance of living and working in the grey spaces of language ad culture : my immigrant experience / Sabrina Sembiente
  • Predicting success through inquiry : a story of a Latina professor / María D. Vásquez-Colina
  • Autoethnography of a Latino scholar : farmworker, practitioner and scholar / Encarnación Garza, Jr.
  • An immigrant professor's critical reflection in private and public spaces : how context in the United States changes identity / Cristobal Salinas Jr.
  • Navigating identity and consciousness as an "outsider" : professional integration at the intersections of gender, nationality and critical scholarship / Dilys Schoorman
  • Inmigrantes present : testimonio of two Mexican immigrant women reflecting on their educational experiences / Karina Castro-Pavón and Claudia García-Louis
  • Reflections of a retired professor on his journey from Egypt to the US / Yasser Gowayed
  • From South America to South Florida : risks and rewards for senior international students / John Hardman
  • Fulfilling the intergenerational contract : a Southeast Asian American professor's journey (away from) home / Van Lac
  • Lessons learned from the immigrants' experience : a call to action and advocacy / Mariela A. Rodríguez and Maysaa Barakat.

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