Autoethnographies of Border-Crossing and In-betweenness of International Doctoral Students? Voices in the United States

This edited volume powerfully captures autoethnographies of international doctoral students in the U.S. and unravels a plethora of their experiences that oscillate between challenges and triumphs of navigating in-betweenness in their unique journeys. The concepts of border-crossing and in-betweenness encapsulate more than just a mere geographic displacement. Rather, they delineate the intricate dance of cultural, emotional, intellectual, and oftentimes, spiritual, transitions, often fraught with tension and self-reflection. As such, 12 chapters in this book will provide the readers with invaluable insights and foster a deeper empathy and understanding of the complexities faced by international students in the U.S.

Contributors are: Saurabh Anand, Nadia Bhuiyan, Miriam Furlan Brighente, Heewon Chang, Suparna Chatterjee, Hanh Dinh, Sumeyra Gok, Monisha Issano Jackson, Grace Jue Yeon Kim, Nasiba Norova, Luis Javier Pentón Herrera, Lakmini Grant Siriwardana, Natalie Thibault, Ethan Trinh, Ngoc Tung Vu, Abir Ward, Zhenjie Weng, Bedrettin Yazan, Eun Young Yeom, Jing Yu and Jingyi Zhu.

Ethan Trinh, Ph.D., is a Vietnamese, queer, immigrant, researcher, educator, and leader. They are the Associate Director of the Atlanta Global Studies Center at Georgia State University. Dr. Trinh’s scholarship focuses on queer teacher’s emotions and well-being and explores how to embrace queerness as healing teaching and research practices.

Luis Javier Pentón Herrera, Ph.D., is the 2024 TESOL Teacher of the Year, awarded by the TESOL International Association and National Geographic Learning. He is a Professor (Profesor uczelni, in Polish) at Akademia Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna w Warszawie, Poland and Co-Editor of Tapestry: A Multimedia Journal for Teachers and English Learners.

Bedrettin Yazan is Associate Professor in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research focuses on teacher learning and identity, collaboration between ESL and content teachers, language policy and planning, and world Englishes.