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ORCID

0000-0002-1035-7025

Keywords

Fulbright, geopolitical uncertainty, financial uncertainty, critical autoethnography, borderland theoretical framework

Special Issue

Gulf States Higher Education

Abstract

This critical autoethnography provides insights to a Fulbright U.S. Scholar’s experience amid financial and geopolitical uncertainty. It addresses being abroad as an academic ambassador while also navigating feelings of frustration and uncertainty in managing one’s living expenses and research protocol while trying to preserve research partnerships despite U.S. political rhetoric.

Abstract - Translated

هذه السيرة الذاتية الإثنوغرافية النقدية تقدّم فهماً لتجربة باحث أمريكي مشارك في برنامج فولبرايت في ظل حالة من غموض مالي وجيوسياسي. وهي تتناول مسألة التواجد في الخارج كسفير أكاديمي، مع التعامل مع مشاعر الإحباط والضبابية في إدارة نفقات المعيشة وبروتوكولات البحث، مع السعي للحفاظ على الشراكات البحثية رغم الخطاب السياسي الأمريكي.

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