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Book SynopsisBridging Cultures explores the experiences of international women faculty as they acculturate to the US academy. In a series of memoirs shaped by multiple disciplinary perspectives, these women reflect on their gendered personal experiences as ex-pat faculty members and set their stories within the larger context of American higher education's increasingly international character. Response pieces by scholars drawn from a range of fields and institutional settings situate this project within diverse frameworks. The response pieces will inform and educate faculty, students, and administrators interested in shaping the culture of the academy today. With an introduction focused on their interdisciplinary feminist methodology, an epilogue revisiting the collaborative strategies employed throughout their project, and a set of generative discussion questions, the editors provide numerous tools to support related research and teaching. They also provide a means for professional development for
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: Building an Aspirational Culture through Collaborative Inquiry Sarah R. Robbins Introduction Federica Santini, Sabine H. Smith, and Sarah R. Robbins I. Memoirs on Bridging Cultures Chapter 1: Professing in a Foreign Tongue: A Central European Perspective on English Studies Katarina Gephardt Chapter 2: East Meets West: An Asian Woman Teacher Educator’s Journey Enacting Global Pedagogy in the American South Guichun Zong Chapter 3: Perfectly Ambivalent: How German Am I? Sabine H. Smith Chapter 4: The Stranger in the Classroom: The Professional Acculturation of Three Romanian Scholars Darina Lepadatu, Cristina Gheorghiu-Stephens, and Gilbert Lepadatu Chapter 5: Disclosure, Dialogue, and Coming of Age in the Academy Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Pier Angeli Junor Clarke, Wanjira Kinuthia, Ewa McGrail, and Geeta Verma Chapter 6: Language is the House of Being Federica Santini II. Responses Response 1: Race, Identity, and International Faculty on US Campuses Satya P. Mohanty, Cornell University Response 2: In Defense of Encapsulated Marginality Edward K. Chan, Aichi University, Japan Response 3: Alien Alliances: An Austrian Academic Reads US Scholars’ Stories Ulla Kriebernegg, University of Graz, Austria Response 4: In Pursuit of Excellence, Diversity, and Globalization: The Art of Leveraging International Assets in Academia Steve O. Michael, Arcadia University Response 5: Still Becoming Rosangela Boyd, Texas Christian University III. Building an Aspirational Culture Epilogue: Synthesizing Stories and Making Connections Lori Howard, Sarah R. Robbins, Sabine H. Smith, and Bridging Cultures writers Questions: Reflection, Discussion, and Cultural Change Federica Santini and Sabine H. Smith Index About the Contributors
