{"id":352,"date":"2017-10-10T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/?p=352"},"modified":"2017-10-16T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T15:11:19","slug":"introducing-jenna-mittelmeier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/introducing-jenna-mittelmeier\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Jenna Mittelmeier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello to all! My\u00a0 name is Jenna Mittelmeier and I am joining OpenTEL this month\u00a0as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.\u00a0My primary research interests are centred around internationalisation of higher education and international student experiences. As part of my role this year, I am the lead researcher for the UKCISA-funded project Social Transition Research into International Doctoral Experiences (STRIDE), which unpacks international postgraduate students’ social support networks. I also contribute to\u00a0the ESRC-funded International Distance Education\u00a0and African Students (IDEAS) project. This project considers the role of South African distance education in providing equitable access to higher education for students across Africa.<\/p>\n

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My interest in internationalisation stems from my previous practical experience working with international students in the United States, where I was in charge of international student induction and programming to support their social and academic transitions. In that position, I worked with students from over 120 countries, which\u00a0was an exceptionally rewarding intercultural experience. However, I recognised at the same time that intercultural contact\u00a0in higher education\u00a0could at times be challenging or uncomfortable\u00a0for students and that the potential of international education wasn’t always fulfilled.<\/p>\n

I started to unravel these issues with a Master of Arts in Global & International Studies, where my research focused on the social\u00a0network building of\u00a0Chinese international students. I then decided to make the leap to becoming an international student myself by pursuing my PhD in the UK at the Open University, which I finished this year. My doctoral research explored social tensions in online intercultural group work and the role of internationalised academic content in supporting successful group collaborations in diverse blended classrooms.<\/p>\n

Because my background stretches across multiple social science disciplines, my research tends to\u00a0come from a\u00a0multidisciplinary perspective. I also consider myself a mixed methods researcher, with experience using learning analytics, questionnaire instruments, qualitative interviews, social network analysis and randomised control trials.<\/p>\n

For more information about my experiences and publications, please see my university website<\/a>. You can also find me frequently posting on Twitter at @JLMittelmeier<\/a>. I look forward to working with OpenTEL this year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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