Academic Asylum

Academic Asylum

This is a podcast series that is focusing on telling the story of international graduate students on their journey in the American higher education system. In a 6-episodes story, women from all over the world weave the story of the pursuit of the American Dream.

Episodes

May 6, 2025 26 mins

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. 

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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. 

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May 6, 2025 33 mins

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. 

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May 7, 2025 31 mins

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. 

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May 7, 2025 51 mins

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 ...

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May 7, 2025 39 mins

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. 

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