%0 Journal Article %1 IJoC19994 %A Lemish, Dafna %D 2022 %J International Journal of Communication %K historiography interdisciplinarity %T Home-No-Home: Academic Immigrants in the Fields of Communication %U https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19994 %V 16 %X Academic immigrants compromise a significant number of scholars from the departments of communication, media, and related disciplines. This article gives voice to some of the stories shared by 81 of them during in-depth interviews. They discuss childhood experiences that predisposed them to the possibility of immigration, and the various personal, professional, and political motivations for such a change. The sense of living a double life and a complicated relationship with the concept of home characterized many of their narratives. However, they also perceive their “otherness” as a source of strength that impacts their scholarship and makes unique contributions to our disciplines. The article concludes with advocacy for a greater appreciation of our academic immigrant colleagues’ roles and advocates for assisting them to develop a stronger sense of belonging.

@article{IJoC19994, abstract = {Academic immigrants compromise a significant number of scholars from the departments of communication, media, and related disciplines. This article gives voice to some of the stories shared by 81 of them during in-depth interviews. They discuss childhood experiences that predisposed them to the possibility of immigration, and the various personal, professional, and political motivations for such a change. The sense of living a double life and a complicated relationship with the concept of home characterized many of their narratives. However, they also perceive their “otherness” as a source of strength that impacts their scholarship and makes unique contributions to our disciplines. The article concludes with advocacy for a greater appreciation of our academic immigrant colleagues’ roles and advocates for assisting them to develop a stronger sense of belonging. }, added-at = {2022-10-11T01:43:12.000+0200}, author = {Lemish, Dafna}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23bf62235d40ae0dc9c508940ac0ff6c3/jpooley}, interhash = {66ad78be0e07ae3e85ce9f15a68a302a}, intrahash = {3bf62235d40ae0dc9c508940ac0ff6c3}, issn = {1932-8036}, journal = {International Journal of Communication}, keywords = {historiography interdisciplinarity}, timestamp = {2022-10-11T01:43:12.000+0200}, title = {Home-No-Home: Academic Immigrants in the Fields of Communication}, url = {https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19994}, volume = 16, year = 2022 }