STUDY ABROAD AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SIG
WELCOME TO THE STUDY ABROAD AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SIG
SIG DESCRIPTION
Today, over five million students cross geographical, cultural, and educational borders for their higher education. Educators and policymakers value international students as a potential resource toward campus internationalization in recent decades because of the rapid flow of ideas, technology, languages, information, and monetary benefit that they bring with them. The SAIS SIG hopes to offer a richer understanding of international students/scholars and their global experiences who are studying in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Americas where the emerging trends and practices of international students are prominent. It also hopes to include the cross-national, multi-institution, and interdisciplinary perspectives of faculty and domestic students who work (in)directly with international students and scholars.
2023-2024 SIG OFFICERS
- Thatcher A. Spero, Waseda University-Tokyo, Japan: Chair.
- Max Crumley-Effinger, Emerson College, Boston MA, USA: Chair-Elect, Webmaster, Co-Treasurer.
- Sarah Asada, Kyoritsu Women’s University, Japan: Co-Treasurer.
- Shanshan Jiang-Brittan, University of California-Berkeley, USA: Secretary
- Rosalind Latiner Raby, JCIHE: Unit Planner.
- Ralph Angeles, Indiana Tech, Fort Wayne IN, USA: Unit Planner.
- Seyoung Hong, Michigan State University, USA: Awards Committee Co-Chair.
- Eun Jung Paik, Pennsylvania State University, USA: Awards Committee Co-Chair.
- Ariunaa Enkhtur, Osaka University, Japan: Digital Media and Communications Co-Chair.
- Peter Ghazarian, SUNY Oswego, USA: Digital Media and Communications Co-Chair.
- Rizqarossaa Darni, University of Cambridge, UK: Graduate Student Representative.
- Emmanuel Simiyu Wanjala, University of Maryland College Park, USA: Graduate Student Representative.
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