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Chris R. Glass
Program Director, Higher Education, Ed.D.
Professor of the Practice
Chris R. Glass
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion 205B
Telephone: 617-552-4285
Email: chris.glass@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University
- B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Courses
Executive Doctoral Seminar II
Research Interests
International Students, Global Student Mobility, Virtual Mobility and Exchange, Design Thinking, Equity and Inclusion, International Education, and International Higher Education
Expertise
- Comparative & International Education
- Design of Learning Experiences and Technologies
- Higher Education
Department
Profile
Chris R. Glass, Ph.D. is a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Boston College where he leads the Executive Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Higher Education program and serves as an affiliated faculty member in the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE). His research and writing focus on global student mobility, virtual mobility and exchange, as well as equity, inclusion, and sustainability in international higher education.
His research has been published in Studies in Higher Education, Higher Education Research and Development, Journal of Studies in International Education, Compare, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, and the International Journal of Educational Development.
Glass is an active member of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and the Study Abroad and International Students SIG. He has a deep commitment to the transformative power of international education, developed through years of leading study abroad programs and strengthened by personal connections with international students and scholars around the world.
Select Publications
BOOKS
- Glass, C. R. & Bista, K. (2022). Reimagining mobility in higher education: For the future generations of international students. New York, NY: Springer.
- Woodman, T., Whatley, M., & Glass, C. R. Digital Internationalization in Higher Education: Beyond Virtual Exchange. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003444237
ARTICLES
- Cruz, N. I., Hou, M. & Ichikawa, A., & Glass, C. R. (2023). International schools as transnational spaces for global learning and identity development, Journal of Research in International Education.
- Glass, C. R., & Cruz, N. I. (2023). Failure is not an option: Entrepreneurship and the existential crisis of internationalization in the U.S., Higher Education Quarterly. [CiteScore: 4.3; Impact Factor: 2.2; h5-index: 18; h5-median: 28;] doi:10.1111/hequ.12396
- 聽Glass, C. R., & Cruz, N. I., (2023). Metatrends in mobility: Education hubs and the new multipolar structure of international student mobility. International Higher Education.
- 聽Whatley, M., Woodman, T. C., & Glass, C. R.* (2022). Virtual international exchange: Access, outcomes, and programmatic concerns. Journal of International Students, 12(S3), i-viii. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v12iS3.5209=
- Glass, C. R., Heng, T., & Hou, M. (2022). Intersections of identity and status in international students' perceptions of culturally engaging campus environments. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 89, 19-29.
- Glass, C. R., & Cruz, N. I. (2022). Moving towards multipolarity: shifts in the core-periphery structure of international student mobility and world rankings (2000鈥�2019). Higher Education. doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00841-9
- Glass, C. R., & Cruz, N. I. (2022). Failure is not an option: Entrepreneurship and the existential crisis of internationalization in the U.S., Higher Education Quarterly.
- Glass, C. R., Gesing, P. (2021). . Routledge Studies in Global Student Mobility. London, UK: Routledge.
- Glass, C. R., Lin, X., & Bista, K. (2021). London, UK: Routledge
- Glass, C. R., Godwin, K.A., & Matross-Helms, R. (2021). . Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
- Glass, C. R., Streitweiser, B. & Gopal, A. (2021). , Compare, 55(1), 43-60.
- Hou, M., Cruz, N., Glass, C. R., & Lee S.(2021). , International Studies in Sociology of Education, 30(3), 306-324
- Niroo, W. T., & Glass C. R. (2021). . Higher Education Research & Development, 41(4).
- Glass, C. R. (2021). Global competence: Hidden frames of national security and economic competitiveness. In Lee, J. J. (Ed.). . New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
- Glass, C. R., & Holton M. (2020). College student development. In A. C. Ogden, B. Streitweiser, and C. Van Mol (Eds.). (pp. 106-118). London, UK: Routledge.
- Glass, C. R. (2020). Comprehensive internationalization of higher education institutions. In M. David, & M. Amey (Eds.), (5th edition, Vol. 1, pp. 288-289). SAGE Publications.
Select Invited Presentations
- Chris. R. Glass. Consistently Engaged颅: An Exploration of the Intersection of Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Internationalization. American Council on Education and Association of International Education Administrators, May 12, 2021.
- Wolayat Tabasum & Chris R. Glass. Imagining 鈥楬arry Potter鈥�: Myths and Realities of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Afghanistan. American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 22-25, 2022.
- Chris R. Glass & Natalie I. Cruz. Social Network Analysis of International School Leaver Mobility: Opportunity and Stratification for New Generations of Students. Association for the Study of Higher Education. Portland, OR, November 14-16, 2019.
- Chris R. Glass, Bernhard Streitwieser, & Anita Gopal. The Currency of Involvement: Equity and the Educational Experiences of High- and Low-Resourced International Students. Paper session at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Houston, TX, November 8-10, 2017.
- Peggy Gesing & Chris R. Glass. A New Era for High-Skilled Mobility? Race and International STEM Graduate Students鈥� Intentions to Stay or Leave U.S. Post-Graduation. Paper session at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Houston, TX, November 8-10, 2017.