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Contextual Identities: Ethnic, National, and Cosmopolitan Identities in International and American Student Roommates

Batterton, Jessica
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428683632

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Cross-Cultural, International Education.
As the number of international students studying at American universities continues to grow (Institute of International Education, 2014), campuses are increasingly becoming social spaces where the local, national, and international meet. Even though students’ identities may still be developing in college (Arnett, 2000) and their environment may influence their identity development (Erikson, 1968), little research has focused on the effects of this unique context on students’ identity formation; therefore, this study investigated the change in international and American student roommates’ ethnic, national, and cosmopolitan identities over the course of one semester at three mid-Western universities. An explanatory mixed-method design was used. On-line pre- and post-test surveys that quantitatively measured students’ ethnic, national, and cosmopolitan identities were administered to international and American student roommates at the beginning and the end of the fall semester. Following the post-test survey, the researcher conducted semi-structured interviews to qualitatively investigate students’ identity development. 2 x 2 mixed-model repeated measures ANOVAs found no significant change in students’ ethnic, national, or cosmopolitan identities; however, students demonstrated that they were still grappling with their identities in different ways as they acted as discoverers, ambassadors, and negotiators. Furthermore, international students changed their ethnic self-labels, suggesting change in their ethnic identities. These findings support a contextual approach to studying identity development in college students while also recognizing the importance of students’ personalities and experiences on this process.
Sherri Horner, PhD (Advisor)
Bruce Collet, PhD (Committee Member)
Stefan Fritsch, PhD (Committee Member)
116 p.
Education; Higher Education
ethnic identity; national identity; cosmopolitan identity; emerging adulthood; international students; international and American roommates

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  • Batterton, J. (2015). Contextual Identities: Ethnic, National, and Cosmopolitan Identities in International and American Student Roommates [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428683632

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Batterton, Jessica. Contextual Identities: Ethnic, National, and Cosmopolitan Identities in International and American Student Roommates. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428683632.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Batterton, Jessica. "Contextual Identities: Ethnic, National, and Cosmopolitan Identities in International and American Student Roommates." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428683632

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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