First-generation immigrant women faculty's workplace experiences in the US universities—examples from China and Taiwan.

Higher education institutions around the world have striven to recruit 'the world's best and brightest' faculty to enhance their scientific leadership and innovation, and American colleges and universities recognize their responsibilities to promote international intellectual exchange and encourage the free flow of ideas, knowledge, and people of all nations.While there is a growing body of literature on foreign-born academics, very little is known about foreign-born women in the US higher educational institutes, despite the fact that an increasing number of women exist in all academic disciplines, especially in STEM fields. By exploring Chinese and Taiwanese immigrant women faculty's stories, this study aims to partially address the gap in the literature concerning foreign-born women faculty's workplace experiences in US universities and colleges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]