Always an Academic Immigrant is a collective memoir that gives voice to eighty-one academics who immigrated from thirty-seven countries for a career in higher education. It reveals the challenges they faced adapting to new national and institutional cultures and the vital contributions immigrants have made to academia as scholars, teachers, and leaders.
Always an Academic Immigrant is a collective memoir that gives voice to eighty-one academics who immigrated from thirty-seven countries for a career in higher education. It reveals the challenges they faced adapting to new national and institutional cultures and the vital contributions immigrants have made to academia as scholars, teachers, and leaders. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
DAFNA LEMISH is a distinguished professor of journalism and media studies and interim dean of the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University–New Brunswick in New Jersey. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Children and Media, and her many books include Children and Media: A Global Perspective and Screening Gender on Children’s Television.
Inhaltsangabe
1 The Journey: Why this book 2 The Seeds: Do childhood experiences prepare for immigration? 3 The Voyage: What are the reasons for immigration? 4 The Challenges: Why is immigration so difficult? 5 The Benefits: What are these academics uniquely contributing? 6 The Home: Where is home for academic immigrants? 7 The Bridge: What keeps immigrants connected? 8 The Return: Would they consider going back? 9 The Support: What can be done to help academic immigrants? Notes Index
1 The Journey: Why this book 2 The Seeds: Do childhood experiences prepare for immigration? 3 The Voyage: What are the reasons for immigration? 4 The Challenges: Why is immigration so difficult? 5 The Benefits: What are these academics uniquely contributing? 6 The Home: Where is home for academic immigrants? 7 The Bridge: What keeps immigrants connected? 8 The Return: Would they consider going back? 9 The Support: What can be done to help academic immigrants? Notes Index
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