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World-Travelling: Foreign-Born Faculty Women of Color Navigating Multiple Identities in US Academia
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International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE) . 2024 37(4):1156-1173. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Framed by post- and decolonial feminist perspectives and using Lugones's concept of "world-travelling," we examined the shared experiences of foreign-born faculty women of color in navigating U.S. colleges and universities. We employed a qualitative interpretative phenomenological research design and conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 self-identified foreign-born faculty women of color (FBFWOC). We found that these women continually performed multiple, and at times conflicting, identities as they travelled in and out of academic and non-academic worlds. In doing so, they deployed strategies that required additional efforts to successfully function in their faculty roles. The world-travelling that FBFWOC engage in involves a constant learning process that, while enriching, also taxes their time and energy. This world-travelling is a form of border thinking and resisting forms of difference. We offer suggestions for future research and implications for practice.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0951-8398 and 1366-5898
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1419293
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2023.2181421