Academic Asylum

Episode 1 The Origin Story

This is the story of female international graduate students who pursue their studies in America. In this opening episode we listen to their origin story. Despite their different circumstances, the drive to abandon the familiar for the unknown is eerily familiar. With a mix of autoethnography, in-depth interviews and supporting research, we explore their experiences in the America higher education system. 

Epsiode 2 The Take Off

In this episode we explore immigration process for international graduate students and the trickle down effect of international relations. With a mix of autoethnography, in-depth interviews and supporting research, we explore their experiences in the America higher education system. 

Episode 3 The Transition

In this episode, the interviewees share their first encounters with US. higher education institutions, the communities around them and support structures offered as they settled into school. With a mix of autoethnography, in-depth interviews and supporting research, we explore their experiences in the America higher education system. 

Episode 4 The Price Tag

In this episode we talk money. How much it costs to admit graduate students, the personal and financial cost for international graduate student and the contribution to the higher education financial ecosystem. With a mix of autoethnography, in-depth interviews and supporting research, we explore their experiences in the America higher education system. 

Episode 5 The Assimilation

Trigger Warning: Episode highlights themes around mental health including suicide. Listeners who may not want to engage with these subject matter may skip this episode. In this episode we explore the limbo of immigration and cultural experiences  of international graduate students within the U.S. With a mix of autoethnography, in-depth interviews and supporting research, we explore their experiences in the America higher education system. 

Episode 6 The Reset

In this episode we flip the immigration coin and look at how international graduate students handle immigration post-graduate school.  With a mix of autoethnography, in-depth interviews and supporting research, we explore their experiences in the America higher education system.