Joshua Allen Scarbrough
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 76
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Study abroad programs offer a variety of opportunities for student growth and development. These opportunities exist in the conceptualization of intercultural competency, a student’s realization of the global world, and how this ultimately informs their sense of meaning-making. However, studying abroad can also lead to students experiencing a phenomenon known as reserve culture shock that can lead to increased feelings of loneliness, depression, alienation from their home culture. This project examines how study abroad promotes larger concepts of intercultural competency and global learning while also engaging with the phenomenon of reverse culture shock and how faculty, professional staff, and students may reflect upon these experiences to promote holistic development and cross-cultural understanding.