Sherrie Lee

The presence of international scholars at Western institutions is part of the larger phenomenon of internationalization of higher education. These scholars have been referred to as diasporic academics who act as knowledge brokers in transnational network flows, most obviously seen in the global academic elite with multiple affiliations. The potenti...

Research conducted by English-speaking researchers about other language speaking subjects is essentially cross-cultural and often multilingual, particularly with qualitative research that involves participants communicating in languages other than English. In research using non-English data, scholars have noted that the translation process can be p...

In the internationalised higher education sector, flows of mobile student populations reveal ongoing preferences for westernised, English-medium education, even as monolingual ethos and practice are subjected to increasing scrutiny. Critical exploration of hegemonic ideologies governing Anglophone academia and their material consequences is much ne...

Doctoral education is based on a pedagogical model of apprenticeship where the expert, the more experienced academic, advises or mentors the student. Scholars have recognized the challenges of doctoral supervision due to the intense and individualized nature of the relationship. Based on the author’s personal experiences as a doctoral student and a...

This article explores the academic trajectories of transnational postgraduates. We draw upon interrelated theories of globalization and transnational social fields to frame the globalizing social and educational contexts in which international students navigate their lives and careers after earning doctoral degrees. We draw on in-depth interviews w...

In this paper we explore the experiences of cross-border postgraduates. Our focus marks a deliberate effort to explore non-elite academic mobility and move beyond binary policy discourses that focus on mobility as a competition for talent and research that categorizes migrants with nation-based identities.

https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12304 The numbers of international students enrolled in higher education in Anglophone countries have increased in the past decade, with the majority of students originating from Asian countries such as China. While it is in the interest of these universities to support international students during their study, there...

The literature often depicts international students as deficient due to poor English language skills and limited participation in class, thus positioning them as lacking in agency or habitually weak. This article reframes international students as resourceful learners by focusing on their academic learning through brokering, that is, help-seeking s...

Research on international students for whom English is an additional language (EAL) tend to focus on their lack of language proficiency and active participation in the classroom. However, examining their informal learning practices such as brokering provides an opportunity to understand how international EAL students respond to academic demands on...

The literature often depicts international students as deficient due to poor English language skills and limited participation in class, thus positioning them as lacking in agency or habitually weak (Marginson 2013). This paper reframes international students as resourceful learners by focusing on their academic learning through brokering, that is,...

In cross-cultural research, translation issues are complex but receive insufficient methodological attention. Bilingual professionals or researchers are often assumed to be unproblematic bridges between languages and cultures. However, they are active producers of knowledge who bring their subjective understandings to the data. Thus, there is a nee...

Research on international students' academic learning often highlights adjustment challenges, particularly for non-native English speakers. Challenges have been attributed to English language proficiency and cultural differences in educational expectations. Such studies, however, promote a deficit view of international students by focusing on the r...

This presentation considers the promise of diasporic academics from the viewpoint of one who identifies herself as a diasporic academic. Drawing from Wendy Larner’s (2015) paper, the presentation is a biographical reflection on the benefits and implications of diasporic academics, in particular, international doctoral students, in higher education....

Doctoral education is based on a pedagogical model of apprenticeship where the expert, the more experienced academic, advises or mentors the student. Scholars have recognized the challenges of doctoral supervision due to the intense and individualized nature of the relationship. Based on the author's personal experiences as a doctoral student and a...

This symposium focuses on current research on international students in New Zealand in response to the latest developments in international education policy. It asks the following questions: What does the latest international education policy promise? What does current research say about how those promises can be met? What are the implications for...

The academic challenges of international students, particularly those with English as an additional language (EAL), have been mostly researched in the context of the formal curriculum (e.g. classroom communication styles, reading and writing skills). These challenges include inadequate English proficiency and differing educational expectations (Joh...

While informal learning is recognised as an important part of academic learning, the significance of learning outside the prescribed curriculum has been largely overlooked in the literature on international students. The purpose of this study is to better understand the informal academic learning practices of international EAL students through the...

Research on international students who use English as an additional language (EAL) is essentially cross-cultural. The ‘crossing’ of cultures takes place in several forms such as translating written text, interpreting subjects’ responses, and communicating data from cultural perspectives not immediately familiar to a Western audience. The presentati...

Lee, S. (2017), Review: Anthro Ling; Ling & Lit; Socioling: Finnegan (2015) [Review of the book Where is Language?]. The Linguist List. Retrieved from http://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-2022.html The book “Where is Language? An Anthropologist’s Questions on Language, Literature and Performance” is a collection of thoughts about language by renow...

This edited book explores the multifaceted experiences of international students in higher education. With an increasing presence of international students in universities across the globe, there is a need for a greater awareness of such a diverse student population. Although the studies in this book are mostly based in North American educational s...

The academic challenges of international students, particularly those with English as an additional language (EAL), have been mostly researched in the context of the formal curriculum (e.g. classroom communication styles, reading and writing skills). These challenges include inadequate English proficiency and differing educational expectations (Joh...

Academic challenges of international students, particularly those with English as an additional language (EAL), have been mostly researched in the classroom context, with little attention paid to students’ informal learning practices. My research looks specifically at the brokering practices of EAL tertiary students in their understanding of academ...

Brokering occurs when an intermediary, the broker, assists in the transfer or exchange of goods, services, information, opportunities and/or knowledge, where the recipients of such assistance would have had difficulty deriving the benefits of this exchange otherwise. In the context of EAL (English as an additional language) international students a...

Lee, S. (2015). Review: Anthropological Ling; Discourse: Wortham, Reyes (2014) [Review of the book Discourse Analysis beyond the speech event]. The Linguist List. Retrieved from http://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-4511.html “Discourse Analysis beyond the Speech Event” by Stanton Wortham and Angela Reyes is about using a new approach to discourse...

Paper presented at the Joint ’7th SELF Biennial International Conference’ and ’Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS) Conference’ on 10 September 2013 in Singapore. Abstract: The language learning challenges of the non-English-dominant bilingual in Singapore may be easily overlooked in the light of the increasing use of English as the...