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International Student Experience and U.S. Sociopolitical Changes: Three Phenomenological Case Studies

Myers, Ryan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1539079960471653

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2018, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Educational Studies.
This qualitative study featured three case studies exploring the lived experiences of international students on the campus of an urban, comprehensive university in the Midwest. The study aimed to answer two questions: (1) What is the lived experience of three international students on the campus of an urban, public, comprehensive university in the Midwest? (2) What sociopolitical influences affected these students’ literacy, learning, and life experiences while in the USA? Data were collected through phenomenological, in-depth interviewing, university website documents and handbooks, and official U.S. government websites. The interviews were analyzed using the constant comparative method of Bogden and Biklen (1982). The cases were constructed by reading the transcripts several times and finding themes that emerged from the data. University documents and U.S. websites helped triangulate the data. The themes developed were (1) the impact of cultural influences, with two sub-themes of culture influences from home and cultural influences from chosen culture, (2) positive experiences, (3) negative experiences, (4) relationships, and (5) barriers. Analysis of the data showed that all three participants struggled in their interactions with domestic students. None of the participants took advantage of the social or cultural offerings of the university. The participants did experience discrimination and harassment to varying degrees. They insulated themselves from domestic students and from sociopolitical issues. This study was significant in two ways. First, many studies completed on international students feature homogeneous groups. This study featured as broad a geographical sample as possible. The second way this study was significant was the focus on sociopolitical changes and how those changes affect international students. None of the literature reviewed featured this focus. The study ends with implications for a variety of groups and suggestions for future research.
Holly Johnson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Mary Benedetti, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Emilie Camp, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
165 p.
Higher Education
international students; in-depth interviewing; case study; phenomenological interviewing; lived experiences; sociopolitical changes

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  • Myers, R. (2018). International Student Experience and U.S. Sociopolitical Changes: Three Phenomenological Case Studies [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1539079960471653

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Myers, Ryan. International Student Experience and U.S. Sociopolitical Changes: Three Phenomenological Case Studies. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1539079960471653.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Myers, Ryan. "International Student Experience and U.S. Sociopolitical Changes: Three Phenomenological Case Studies." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1539079960471653

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