Full Description
This edited volume offers fresh insights into the experiences of international faculty in East Asia, highlighting how they adapt to, influence, and are influenced by local environments.
With the global demand for academic work on the rise, more scholars are seeking to advance their careers overseas. East Asia has become a key destination for these international academics, where many institutions depend on recruiting scholars from abroad to act as agents of change and support internationalization efforts. This book provides a thorough analysis of foreign scholars in East Asia's evolving academic landscape by examining the challenges faced by faculty, administrators, and other stakeholders who have served higher education institutions abroad. This contribution offers new perspectives on the relocation experiences of international academics in East Asia, their adaptation processes, and the extent to which theoretical scholarship aligns with the practical realities of international faculty work.
This book will attract scholars and researchers interested in pursuing faculty work abroad, comparative and international education, higher education, and educational leadership.
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Constructing an Experimental Academic Life Abroad: Destination Choice and Expectation Management 3. Developing an Intercultural Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Research Agenda: International Faculty Experiences in Korea 4. "I'm Not a Language Teacher": Considering the Complexities of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education English-Medium Instruction Courses 5. How to be "international" in Japan? Identity negotiation of a U.S.-trained returnee in Japanese higher education 6. Foreigner or Asian? Self-Categorization and the Identity Work of Asian International Faculty in Japan 7. Navigating Subjectivities: A Duoethnography of American Faculty Research in Chinese Higher Education during China's Zero-COVID Era and its Aftermath 8. The Experiences of Foreign Scholars in Japan: Identity, Positionality, and Communities of Practice 9. "Walking a Tightrope": Exploring the Challenges of US-China Educational Programs & Partnerships 10. International Higher Education in China from the Perspective of a "Foreign Expert": Challenges and Sociocultural Observations 11. Predicting Psychosocial Well-Being of International Faculty in East Asian Higher Education 12. Balancing the Global with the Local in International Faculty Mobility: Implications for Future Practice and Research
