CindyAnn Rose-Redwood is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.Reuben Rose-Redwood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Chair of the Committee for Urban Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsSection I: Higher Education and the International Student ExperienceChapter 1- International Student Experiences in Higher EducationCindyann Rose-Redwood and Reuben Rose-RedwoodSection II: International Student Experiences in the United StatesChapter 2- Self-Segregation or Global Mixing? Social Interactions and the International Student ExperienceCindyann Rose-Redwood and Reuben Rose-RedwoodChapter 3- Academic and Cultural Experiences of Chinese Students at an American University: A Qualitative StudyWenli YuanChapter 4- American Students’ Cross-Cultural Competency Skills and the International Student as an Overlooked AssetAndrea Nelson Trice and Cindyann Rose-RedwoodSection III: International Student Experiences In The United KingdomChapter 5- International Students in the UK and EU: Fluid Contexts and Identities in a Changing EuropeCatherine Montgomery and Cosmin NadaChapter 6- (Re)imagining the “Host”: The Integration Experiences of South Asian International Students in the UKJodi GregoryChapter 7- Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Quandary for Black-African International Students Studying in the UKDenis Hyams-Ssekasi And Elizabeth CaldwellSection IV: International Student Experiences In AustraliaChapter 8- Loneliness and International Students: An Australian StudyErlenawati Sawir, Simon Marginson, Ana Deumert, Chris Nyland, and Gaby RamiaChapter 9- The Saudi Arabian International Student Experience: From a Gender-Segregated Society to Studying in a Mixed-Gender EnvironmentAhmed Alhazmi and Berenice NylandChapter 10- Voices of Dissent: Unpacking the Vietnamese International Student ExperienceHuong Le, Fung Kuen Koo, Rodney Arambewela, and Ambika ZutshiSection V- International Student Experiences in CanadaChapter 11- Transforming Diversity in Canadian Higher Education: A Dialogue of Japanese Women Graduate StudentsKimine Mayuzumi, Kyoko Motobayashi, Chikako Nagayama, and Miwa TakeuchiChapter 12- A “Notch in Their Belt”: Racism and Caribbean University Students in Canada Camille Hernández-RamdwarChapter 13- “What Am I Doing Here?” How International Students Negotiate Transitions to Work and Permanent Status in CanadaBianca Gomez and Morgan PoteetAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsIndex

International Encounters is a wonderful, timely book. It taps into a crucial socio-cultural moment, where researchers, institutions, and policy-makers have finally come to recognize the weighty significance of international student mobility. Its ultimate aim is laudable and necessary—to foster meaningful cross-cultural engagement. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in how international student mobility is shaping academic institutions and societies, and how we might better serve the students themselves to make the most of their experiences of overseas study.