Jing Yu

Jing Yu is an Assistant Professor of International Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2022. Her scholarship focuses on Chinese international students’ perspectives and experiences with race, racism, and racialization. Her research interests include international student mobility, intersections of race, class, and nationality, and international dimensions of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. She also works closely with student affairs and organizations to serve the international student population in U.S. higher education.

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• Yu, J. (2026). Chinese International Students’ Experiences in U.S. Higher Education across Pandemic, Geopolitical Rivalry, and the AI Future. Teachers College Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681261469642
• He, J.*, & Yu, J. (2026). Transnational Intersectionality: Legal, Racial, and National Dimensions of Institutional Marginalization for Chinese International Students. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01735-w
• Xiao, G.*, Yu, J., & Randolph, L. J. (2026). Beyond the Racialized/White Binary: Raciolinguistic Subjectivities and Self-Othering among International Students at a U.S. University. Linguistics and Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2026.101569
• Xiao, G.*, Yu, J., & Wang, H*. (2026). Constant Scrutiny, Vigilance, and Self-talk: The Burdens of Linguistic Racism for International Students at a Predominantly White Institution. Ethnicities. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968261463261
• Wang, W.*, & Yu, J. (2026). Between Reflexivity and Habitus: Transnational Academic Mobility among Chinese-trained Postdoctoral Researchers in the United States. British Journal of Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2026.2679478
• Yu, J. (2026). Between Soft Power and Suspicion: Chinese International Students as Diasporic Actors amid U.S.-China Geopolitical Tensions. British Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.70166
• Yu, J., & Xiao, G.*(2026). Globalizing “Race” in International Student Research. Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X261434495
• Xiao, G.*, & Yu, J. (2026). Politicized Identity and Language Practices: Understanding Chinese International Students’ Language Ideologies amid U.S.-China Geopolitical Tensions. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01623-3
• Xiao, G.*, Wang, H.*, & Yu, J. (2026).Transnationalizing Raciolinguistics: An Intersectional Analysis for Understanding Chinese International Students’ Language Ideologies across Contexts. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 30(3), 282-294. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.70016
• Yu, J. (2025). Navigating Uncertainty: Chinese International Students’ Decision-Making and Coping Strategies with Trump’s Return. The Journal of Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2025.2575546
• Yu, J. (2025). #YouAreWelcomeHere? The Two Faces of American Higher Education Toward Chinese International Students. Asia Pacific Education Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-025-10097-4
• Yu, J. (2025). Beyond the Classroom: Neo-racist Incidents and the Chinese Student Experience in the U.S. Case Studies in International Education, 6(1), 16–18. https://csiepub.org/index.php/csie/article/view/185
• Yu, J. (2025). The Racial Learning of Chinese International Students in the US Context: A Transnational Perspective. Race Ethnicity and Education, 28(1), 154-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2022.2106878
• Yu, J. (2024). Chinese International Students’ Perspectives on Asian Americans in the U.S. Racial Hierarchy. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 45(6), 837-855. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2024.2363474
• Yu, J. (2024). “I Don’t Think It Can Solve Any Problems”: Chinese International Students’ Perceptions of Racial Justice Movements during COVID-19. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 17(5), 775-786. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000457
• Yu, J. (2023). What Has COVID-19 Taught Us: Advancing Chinese International Student-Related Research, Policies, and Practices Through Critical Race Perspectives. Teachers College Record, 125(6), 110-118. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681231190165
• Yu, J. (2023). Understanding Chinese International Students in the U.S. in Times of the COVID-19 Crisis: From a Chinese Discourse Studies Perspective. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 18(1), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2023.2214538
• Yu, J. (2022). A Critical Study of Chinese International Students’ Experiences Pursuing American Higher Education in the Age of Trump and COVID-19. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 13(S5), 103–109. https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v13i5S.4215
• Yu, J., Li, X., & Zhou, W. (2022). Disrupted or Sustained? Chinese International Students’ Perceptions of Transnational Hybrid Learning amid Geopolitics and Pandemic. Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration, 6(S1), 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00040_1
• Yu, J. (2021). Caught in the Middle? Chinese International Students’ Self-Formation Amid Politics and Pandemic. International Journal of Chinese Education, 10(3), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/22125868211058911
• Yu, J. (2021). Lost in Lockdown? The Impact of COVID-19 on Chinese International Student Mobility in the US. Journal of International Students, 11(S2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v11iS2.3575