Dr. Clayton Smith and Dr. George Zhou received a Research Stimulus Fund Grant through the University of Windsor Faculty of Education for 2021-22.
Our research work includes:
- Hired a graduate student (Atiya Razi) to serve as a research assistant. (April 2021)
- We developed a related literature review (July 2021).
- Three additional team members (Shuzhen Zhao, Teresa Holden, and Sumeet Kaur) were added to the research team (July 2021)
- A research ethics application was submitted (January 2022).
- The research ethics application received clearance (February 2022).
- Research participants were interviewed (March-August 2022).
- A conference paper, An Investigation of the Potential Microaggression International Students Experience on a Canadian University Campus, was presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education conference (May 2022).
- We are finalizing our remaining interviews (August-September 2022).
- Final interviews completed (October 2022).
- Transcripts entered into NVIVO software with support from the Academic Data Centre (December 2022).
- Research submitted for publication in the Journal of Critical Race, Indigeneity, and Decolonization (January 2024).
- Presented research at the University of Windsor Faculty of Education Sharing Series (April 2024).
- A conference paper, An Investigation of the Potential Microaggression International Students Experience on a Canadian University Campus, was presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education conference in Montreal, PQ (June 2024).
- Smith, C., Zhou, G., Razi, A., Zhao, S., Holden, T., Li, W., & Chan, C. L. (2025). An investigation of the potential microaggression of international students’ experiences on a Canadian university campus. Journal of Critical Race, Indigeneity, and Decolonization, 2(1), 50-73. https://doi.org/10.22329/jcrid.v2i1.8490