Foreigners and Inclusion in Academia

Author(s)Saray Ayala‐López
JournalHypatia
AbstractThis article discusses the category of foreigner in the context of academia. In the first part I explore this category and its philosophical significance. A quick look at the literature reveals that this category needs more attention in analyses of dimensions of privilege and disadvantage. Foreignness has peculiarities that demarcate it from other categories of identity, and it intersects with them in complicated ways. Devoting more attention to it would enable addressing issues affecting foreigners in academia that go commonly unnoticed. In the second part of the article I argue that current efforts to make academia a more inclusive environment should address the disadvantages that many foreign academics face. I focus on two senses of foreigner: working and living in a country that is not your country of origin, and being a nonnative speaker of the language in which you work.
Keywordsforeigners, diversity, inclusion
Date Published Spring, 2018
Volume22
Issue2
Pages325-342
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12376
URLhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hypatia/article/abs/foreigners-and-inclusion-in-academia/4377EC0AC80A5AA6F8B7BC6A917C21CD
Google Scholar Linkhttps://scholar.google.ca/scholar?cluster=15865843340670669420&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5
Open Access?No

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