Far From Home Challenges Facing International Graduate Students, Postdocs, & Professionals Living and Working in the US

摘要

As we complete one phase of our education and/or training and start thinking about the next step, many of us consider some time "far from home:" not just across state borders, but across continents, oceans, and often across a great cultural divide. This move may be a transition from undergraduate to graduate school, or graduate school to a postdoc, or even from postdoc to your first "real" job. So what are the challenges facing those of us who brave the unknown in a country "far from home"? In this column I hope to provide some insight as an Australian living and working in the US for the past seven years, in addition to enlightening anecdotes and advice from others who have faced a similar transition.