Season 3 will be launching December 7th, 2023, with a fabulous guest and episodes to follow!

Did you enjoy the episode about Arbeiterkind in Germany with Martina Kübler from Arbeiterkind.de? Were you curious about the perspective of people who volunteer with the organization? Check out this bonus episode where we speak with volunteer Yvonne Hesse about what the work entails and how volunteers support Arbeiterkinder. ArbeiterKind.de⁠ (Deutsch)

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Anna Adamecz and Dr. Nikki Shure to discuss using first-and-family as an indicator of widening higher education participation and the labor market outcomes of first-and-family students. We look specifically at the cases of England in the United Kingdom and Hungary. Both of our guests hold positions at…

Today we are speaking with Dr. Ma Yin about first-generation college students in China and their transitions from university to the workforce. We speak about the context of China’s higher education system and labor market, Dr. Ma’s key points regarding the first-generation college student experience in China, and an article Dr. Ma co-authored with his…

Today we are joined by Nombasa Mbatyoti, a recent Masters Psychology graduate. We will be discussing her master’s thesis, “Black female first-generation students’ lived experiences at an historically white South African university.” Nombasa will briefly explain the rationale and methodology of her thesis before providing an  important context to South African higher education. Then, we…

We are lucky to be joined today by guests Dr. Milena Mateuzi Carmo and Dr. Charles Klein to discuss the roles of community and student activism in first generation students’ experiences in São Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Mateuzi Carmo holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Universidade de São Paulo and Dr. Klein is an…

Today we are discussing the capacity for first generation students in Ghana and Zanzibar, Tanzania, to “hustle.” We are joined by Dr. Millicent Adjei, Director of Diversity and International Programs & Leadership Lecturer at Ashesi University in Ghana and Dr. Emily (Markovich) Morris, a Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education. Emily and…

Today we are speaking with Dr. Andrea Flanagan-Bórquez and Dr. Andrew Webb about different policies  and their effects on first-generation and first-generation indigenous students in Chile. Our guests provide the context of Chile’s higher education system and indigenous communities and proceed to share findings from their research and discussions with first-generation students. Dr. Andrea Flanagan-Bórquez…

In this episode, we speak with Golaleh Makrooni, who finished her doctoral dissertation on the experiences of First Generation Migrant Family Students on their educational journey in Finland in 2022. Golaleh’s research provides a deeper understanding of how these students perceive themselves before and during their higher education experiences. One concept we didn’t discuss in…

Today on THESIS we speak with Dr. Tracy Lachica Buenavista about the term used in the US context: 1.5 generation college student. Dr. Buenavista is a Professor of Asian American Studies at the California State University, Northridge, where she also teaches courses on Educational Leadership and is the Co-principal investigator for the CSUN DREAM Center,…