University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Educational Administration: Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research Educational Administration, Department of Spring 4-21-2021 Yātrā: A Phenomenology of Acculturation and Sojourner Experience of Indian International Students in the U.S. Pankaj Amrut Desai University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cehsedaddiss Part of the Educational Leadership Commons, and the Higher Education Administration Commons Desai, Pankaj Amrut, "Yātrā: A Phenomenology of Acculturation and Sojourner Experience of Indian International Students in the U.S." (2021). Educational Administration: Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research. 335. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cehsedaddiss/335 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Educational Administration, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Educational Administration: Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. YĀTRĀ: A PHENOMENOLOGY OF ACCULTURATION AND SOJOURNER EXPERIENCE OF INDIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S. by Pankaj Amrut Desai A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: Educational Studies (Educational Leadership and Higher Education) Under the Supervision of Professor Elvira J. Abrica Lincoln, Nebraska April, 2021 YĀTRĀ: A PHENOMENOLOGY OF ACCULTURATION AND SOJOURNER EXPERIENCE OF INDIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S. Pankaj Amrut Desai, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 2021 Advisor: Elvira J. Abrica This dissertation study utilized Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to understand the acculturation and sojourner experience of undergraduate Indian international students in the U.S.