Jody Crutchley is Lecturer in Modern History at Liverpool Hope University, UK.Zaki Nahaboo is Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University, UK.Namrata Rao is Principal Lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK.

This book provides unique perspectives and essential advice from individuals who share critical experiences of entering higher education establishments. The book provides both important insights and ways of negotiating this critical period of professional development.

• List of Figures Notes on the ContributorsForeword, N'Dri Therese Assie-Lumumba (Cornell University, USA)AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Early Career Teachers [ECTs] in Higher Education, Jody Crutchley (Liverpool Hope University, UK), Zaki Nahaboo (Birmingham City University, UK) and Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope University, UK)Part I: Challenges of National/International Contexts1. A Korean Stranger in a Japanese Classroom: Developing as a Teacher in a Foreign Country, Jongsung Kim (Hiroshima University, Japan)2. Reverse Brain-drain and Early Career Frustrations in the Nigerian Higher Education: Aspirations, Compromises and Challenges of a Returnee, Amos Pofi (Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Nigeria)3. My Anatomy Teaching Journey from India to Britain: A Reflection of a Teacher, a Seeker and a Constructivist, Mandeep Gill-Sagoo (King’s College London, UK)Part II: Precarious Intersectionality4. Being a PhD Student and a Teacher in Two UK Universities: Challenges and Possibilities of Liminal Spaces of Belonging, Leah Burch (University of Leeds, UK)5. Balancing Teaching, Culture and Gender in Japan: Prospects and Challenges as an American Female Teacher Abroad, Sarah R. Asada (Kyoritsu Women's University, Japan)6. Othering and its Impact on Teaching Opportunities in Australia: Gendered, Classed and Raced Subject Positions, Clarissa Carden and Diti Bhattacharya (Griffith University, Australia)Part III: Disrupting Identities7. (Dis)Empowering Spaces: Drawing on Disabling Experiences as an Early Career Teacher with Dwarfism, Erin Pritchard (Liverpool Hope University, UK)8. What Has Sexuality Got to Do With It? Negotiating a Professional Identity as a Gay Early Career Teacher, Ben Colliver (Birmingham City University, UK)9. Early Career Teachers as Entrepreneurs in American Higher Education: The Politician, Comedian, and Busker, Thomas Larsen (University of Northern Iowa, USA)Part IV: Pedagogical Predicaments10. From Passionate Engagement to Chronic Boredom in Polish Academia: An Overview of Early-Career Motivation and Systemic Contributory Factors, Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw, Poland)11. Developing as a Critical Pedagogue in Brazil: Challenges, Reflections and Actions, Ana Zimmermann (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)12. Learning from Learners in China: Teaching Public Policy to Continuing Education Students, Diwen Xiao (Sun Yat-sen University, China)13. Transitioning from Teaching Young Learners to Trainee Teachers in International HE: Professional Identity Crises and Continual Development, Natalie Shaw (NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands)Part VI: Personal Narratives in Wider Perspective14. Reflections on the Early Career Teachers’ Journeys: Challenges, Experiences and Strategies, Ann E. Austin (Michigan State University, USA)ReferencesIndex