Amanda R. Corso

Graduate Lecturer

international higher education, critical qualitative research

Amanda R. Corso (she/her) is a PhD candidate in the Higher Education Program specializing in Critical Perspective in International Education. Currently serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the School of Integrative Studies, Amanda had served as Graduate Research Assistant for the Higher Education Program and was a former Presidential Scholar. She engages in various activities across campus such as being collaborator on the Anti-Racist and Decolonizing Research Collaborative Planning Committee and was the former President for the PhD of Education Student Organization (PESO). Outside of GMU, she was the Secretary and Treasurer for the CIES's Higher Education SIG, and volunteered in various capacities for AERA, ASHE, and AIEA.

Selected Publications

George Mwangi, C. A., Yao, C. W., Harshe, G., & Corso, A.R. (2024). It’s just too much: Narratives of international educators navigating COVID-19. The Journal of Higher Education.

Grants and Fellowships

Doctoral Study Fellowship, 2024-25

Doctoral Study Fellowship, 2023-24

Doctoral Study Fellowship, 2022-23

Presidential Scholarship, 2022-2026

Education

MA, Higher Education (2022), University of Denver

BA, Korean Language & Literature and Global Cultures (2017), University of California, Irvine

Recent Presentations

Corso, A.R., Harshe, G., George Mwangi, C. & Yao, C. (2024, Nov.20-23). “It's very racialized and very politicized”: International educators recount the climate for international students [Paper presentation]. ASHE 2024 Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

D’Cruz, A.R., Corso, A.R., & Darni, R. (2024, April 11-14). De’colonizing discourse: A critical analysis of on-campus international student offices in Canada, UK, and US [Roundtable session]. AERA 2024 Conference. Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Corso, A.R. (2024, April 5). Locating the Researcher: A Critical Analysis [Poster presentation]. Mason Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference. Virginia, VA, United States.

Yao, C., George Mwangi, C.A., Corso, A.R, & Harshe, G. (2023, Nov.15-18). Balancing compliance and student support: The multiple roles of international educators in the U.S. [Paper presentation]. ASHE 2023 Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

George Mwangi, C.A., Yao, C., Harshe, G., & Corso, A.R. (2023, Feb. 14-22). It’s just too much: Narratives of international educators navigating COVID-19 [Paper presentation]. CIES 2023 Conference. Washington, D.C., United States.