Studying Abroad in the Global South

A year studying abroad in Jordan was one factor in helping our guest embark upon a new phase of a life best lived. In this episode, the title of which aims to celebrate Pride while claiming and flipping a term from wonk-speak, he shares with us important insights about identity from his time abroad.

In conversation about committing professionally and personally to the MENA regions in all of their complexity, learning Arabic, and the differences between studying abroad as an undergraduate versus as a graduate student, two colleagues discuss the importance of representation and institutional support through the lens of their experiences as Black women of color.

Two long-time study abroad professionals discuss their grim view that study abroad, especially in the Global South, is built on an inescapable foundation of inequity between students and host communities. Their wide-ranging discussion focuses on homestays and other close encounters created for students with “the locals.”

An early-career MENA (Middle East, North Africa) regional specialist and study abroad professional talks candidly about identity and intersectionality through the lens of her first experiences studying abroad as a Black woman of color.

An introduction characterized by one practitioner’s rage-y thoughts about study abroad as an industry that remains at the behest of the Global North. This podcast’s goal to be a resource for intersectional understandings of issues important to study abroad, explained.