Integrating Study Abroad Research and Practice: African American and Black Students in Focus

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African American students, Black students, community cultural wealth, critical mass, faculty-led programs, researcher-practitioner collaboration

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Anas N. Almassri, Durham University

Anas Nazmi-Nihal Almassri is a doctoral candidate and teaching assistant at the School of Education of Durham University. Funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council, his doctoral project investigates the potential contributions of international graduate scholarships to everyday peace in Palestine. Anas holds a BEd in English (IUGaza), MA in Arab studies (Georgetown), and MSc in peace studies and PGCert in research methods (Durham).

Zhana Welch, University of Maryland

Zhana Welch is a Program Manager of short-term, faculty-led study abroad programs at the University of Maryland, College Park. Zhana received her BA in international affairs from George Washington University and her MPS in higher education administration from Georgetown University. As part of her Master’s capstone, she conducted a research project examining the effects of racial discrimination on second language acquisition for students of color studying abroad, which still guides her work today.

Nelson Brunsting, Wake Forest University

Nelson Brunsting, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor of Contemporary Global Studies and serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Research on Abroad and International Student Engagement (RAISE Center) at Wake Forest University. His research interests center on understanding and enhancing the wellbeing and social-emotional development of diverse populations in academic contexts.

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2023-07-20

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Almassri, A., Welch, Z., & Brunsting, N. (2023). Integrating Study Abroad Research and Practice: African American and Black Students in Focus. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 35(2), 40–51. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v35i1.848

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Vol. 35 No. 2 (2023): Summer Supplement: July 2023

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