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HESIG has a very active membership and many opportunities for its members.
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HESIG has a very active membership and many opportunities for its members.
Below is an example of some of the activities we promote and offer to our members.
Please consider becoming a member so that you can receive our listserv announcements.

JCIHE: Open Call: Special Issues for 2026 & 2027 & 2028

The Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/jcihe/ is the official journal of the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) Higher Education Special Interest Group (HESIG). JCIHE promotes scholarship opportunities and critical dialogue to engage scholars worldwide. Direct questions to Rosalind Raby, Editor-in-Chief (rabyrl@aol.com) and submit to the journal link

19(4) 2027: SUMMER: International Faculty in East Asia: Evolving Roles, Identities and Realities. Guest Editors: Peter G. Ghazarian and Jonathan Damiani. The Special Issue examines the lived realities of international faculty working in East Asia and how they navigate, shape, and are shaped by institutional and cultural contexts in which they work. Proposals are DUE: FEBRUARY 15, 2025

19(6) 2027: WINTER: Crisis Response for Student Affairs & Services Globally: Guest Editors: Mary Ann Bodine Al-Sharif, Wadad Y. El-Housseini, Ekow Orleans De-Graft, Maisa Shadid, & Manal Ammagui. The special issue seeks to broaden an understanding of how crises are conceptualized, interpreted, and addressed globally. Contributors should critically examine strategies and approaches to crisis management that ensure the success, retention, and progression of students despite the contextual and/or regional crisis. Proposals are DUE: FEBRUARY 15, 2026

EMERGING SCHOLARS Research Summaries 2027 Issue 19(3). This issue shares thesis or dissertation work-in-progress or original research in 1,200 - 1,600 words. Submissions are DUE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

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