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Sarah M. Pattison, PhD
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Comparative and International Development Education
Sarah M. Pattison, PhD is a graduate of the Comparative and International Development Education PhD program (LIIE cohort) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
- PhD, Comparative and International Development Education, University of Minnesota, 2024
- MS Ed TESOL, St. John's University, 2017
- MA, Global Development and Social Justice, St. John's University, 2013
- BA, English, University of Illinois-Springfield, 2009
- Critical internationalization
- Phenomenology
- Positive organizational studies
Sarah M. Pattison, PhD is a graduate of the Comparative and International Development Education PhD program (LIIE cohort) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
Dissertation
Humanizing the International Higher Education Practitioner-Faculty Relationship
Advisor: Tania D. Mitchell
Abstract: This study examines how International Higher Education (IHE) practitioners at public universities in the United States perceive interactions with those in the faculty role when working to achieve internationalization aims. Additionally, this study explores the insights these practitioners hold for developing and sustaining generative relationships with faculty members. The findings of this study demonstrate that IHE practitioner-faculty relationships are essential to the advancement of the field, yet are stymied by hierarchy and elitism in higher education. Recommendations for empowering and developing IHE practitioners, emboldening constructive behavioral choices, fostering cooperative cultural values, and establishing egalitarian structures are discussed.
