Navigating Growing Awareness and Shifting Identities: The Experiences of Saudi International Women Who Studied in the United States
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Abothneen, Noura Aloush
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Bettez, Silvia C.
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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2019
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165 p.
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Ph.D.
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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2019
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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As the number of international students studying in the United States increases, it is important to analyze how specific subsets of international students understand their experiences in order to ensure student success in specific populations. Both female students and Saudi students have individually been given very little attention in the academic literature. Because of these intersecting identities, this research sought to understand the lived experience of Saudi international women studying in the United States. Two theories guided this project, critical race feminism and transformative learning theory. Eight Saudi women were interviewed who lived in the U.S. for at least two years and who completed a degree at a university in the United States and were, at the time of the interviews, again living in Saudi Arabia. Three in-depth, qualitative interviews based in phenomenology per participant were conducted in order to gain the necessary depth for a phenomenological analysis. The research sought to answer the following questions: 1)