The Global Classroom: An Essential Guide to Study Abroad (International Studies Intensives)

The Global Classroom: An Essential Guide to Study Abroad (Second Edition) is a unique international studies text that provides students and practitioners with valuable resources for success in education abroad.

The Global Classroom addresses the challenges and opportunities of study abroad by encouraging participants to think about their personal, academic, and professional goals during every step of the process. Not only does it address different ways that study abroad has been re-envisioned and strengthened in the post-pandemic world, it is also intentional in its design to speak to a variety of contemporary issues and concerns. For example, the book addresses many different audiences, including appealing to historically marginalized groups about the value of study abroad, and addressing the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals at home and abroad. It explores how social media has changed how we navigate “distance” in education abroad, and a new section offers resources for mental health at home and abroad. Critically, the book also offers practitioners an academic, up-to-date, core text for pre-departure orientation programs and provides readers with tools to better link student preparation with considerations like safety, risk management, and response.

Jeffrey S. Lantis is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at The College of Wooster in Ohio. He has extensive international study and travel experience, having served as a J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar for research in Australia as a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales.

Leigh A. Poole serves as Assistant Provost for Student Success, Assistant Professor, and Executive Director for the International Center at Winthrop University in South Carolina. Honored three times as a J. William Fulbright Scholar, she has studied higher education in Germany, South Korea, and France. She has extensive experience leading international and academic administrative units within multiple institutional types. She has created academic courses in support of first generation and underrepresented students studying abroad, leadership studies, as well as international and global studies.