Publication Date
2018
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
Abstract
The adjustment of African international students in the United States may be different from the experiences of international students from other regions as African students are considered racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S. who can be exposed to racism, nativism, and other discrimination. This study focuses on the structural systems impacting African international graduate students in the U.S. and the intercentricity of various forms of opportunities and oppressions impacting their experiences. Findings revealed four themes: (1) Assumptions made by American Peers and Faculty (2) Adjustment Challenges Situated within Campus Systems (3) Campus Internationalization Rhetoric (4) Conflicting Worldviews. While these themes illustrate how students’ experience negative social positioning and other challenges on their campuses, they also demonstrate students resisting marginalizing experiences.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000076
Pages
52-64
Volume
12
Issue
1
License
UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
George Mwangi, Chrystal A.; Changamire, Nyaradzai; and Mosselson, Jacqueline, "An Intersectional Understanding of African Graduate Students' Experiences in U.S. Higher Education" (2018). Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. 25.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000076