Don’t call me Migrant or Asian but who do you say I am?
Finding a safe house to explore shifting identities.
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Belonging, longing to be
If there is a theme for my 2019 work life, it would be transition. And not just moving from one job to another, but from one city to another, from one work culture to another. Through these transitions, I have journalled my responses to having (and not having) a sense of belonging and fitting into…
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Living and thriving with labels: A journey towards cultural intelligence
What’s your label? I have three: the ‘international’, the ‘migrant, and the ‘advisor’.
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Cross-cultural | Higher Education | international education | international students | Internationalisation
Language rights, agency, and cross-cultural understanding in international education
An invitation to multilingual educators and researchers to champion linguistic and cultural diversity.
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Cross-cultural | Higher Education | international education | international students | Internationalisation | Learning
The ethical challenges of global connectivity – A response to Fazal Rizvi
In his keynote at the 2018 ISANA Conference, Fazal Rizvi calls for international education practitioners to recognise the competing forces of globalisation and protectionism, and to actively – reflexively – work against unproductive outcomes. Inspired to take up an ethical response to the current state of affairs, I first respond to a nagging and troubling aspect of international education that is seldom discussed.
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Academic Identity | Cross-cultural | Higher Education | international education | international students
Being a Diasporic Academic – Identities in Flux
Presentation at the ISANA NZ 2018 Symposium – The International Student Experience: Connecting Research and Practice held on 8 November 2018 at Victoria University of Wellington, Rutherford House, Wellington, New Zealand. Tēnā koutou. And in the four official languages of my country, Singapore, Good morning, da jia hao, selamat pagi, Vaṇakkam. I am a PhD…
