Bettina Chioma Teegen
About
I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, where I have been honored to receive the Black Scholar award, formerly known as the SHINE SCHOLARS studentship award. In the summer of 2023, I served as an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Associate Lecturer in the pre-sessional English course at INTO University of Exeter. Since then, I have continued to contribute as an EAP Associate Lecturer at Lancaster University, and, starting in the summer of 2024, I have been appointed as a permanent EAP pre-sessional Associate Lecturer at the University of Nottingham. In this role, I am dedicated to teaching undergraduate students academic literacy skills, which are essential for their preparation for higher education studies in the UK.
I currently serve on the review board of the Journal of International Students and the Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress.
Further academic roles:
In 2022 I served as a PGR Partner at University of Surrey's Doctoral College for the Decolonizing Training Project.
In February of 2023 I served as an organising committee member of the University of Surrey's PGR and ECR conference titled 'Making the Invisible Visible' which took place in June 2023.
In September 2023 I was invited to speak at the well-known researcher development conference 'Vitae' as part of an online panel which discussed "challenges, issues and opportunities" for PGRs and ECRs within the wider research culture.
In October 2023, I had the honor of receiving the award for the British Educational Research Association (BERA) best presentation within the Special Interest Group on Comparative and International Education for my research paper titled "African International Doctoral Students in the UK: A Study of Acculturation."
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ResearchResearch interests
Research interests include: International students in higher education; Educational inequalities; Social justice; Race, gender, crime and the criminal justice system; Race and Ethnicity in higher education; Black Feminism, Race and the Mental Health system, Cultural Identity
Invited Presentations:
University of Cincinnati 2021
Course: Comparative Black Feminism
Lecture on The Social constructs of Race in England, the US and Germany with regards to Cultural Identity
Editorial positions:
Reviewer of abstracts, American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2019
Reviewer of abstracts, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), 2019
San Francisco.
Session chair/moderator, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2020
San Francisco.
Reviewer of Abstracts, PGR/ECR 'Making the Invisible Visible Conferece', (MIV), Guildford, UK 2023
Indicators of esteem
Peer-reviewed presentations:
Teegen, B. C. (September 2023). African International Doctoral Students in the UK: A Study of Acculturation. At British Educational Research Association (BERA) in Birmingham, England
Teegen, B. C. (March 2023). The Importance of Mental Health services on UK Campuses: Directions for University Staff. At international Conference of Advanced Research for Education, Teaching and Learning (ARETL) in Berlin, Germany.
Teegen, B. C. (April 2022). Black African Transnational Doctoral Students in the US. At American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Diego, USA.
Teegen, B. C. (August 2019). The need for mentoring programs for Black African graduate students at PWIs. At Association of Black Sociologists in New York, USA.
Teegen, B. C. (April 2019). Counselling services for graduate students on campus: Do they even exist? At Comparative and International Education Society in San Francisco, USA.
Teegen, B. C. (April 2019). International students at American universities: Acculturatin in African and Afro- Caribbean Doctoral Students: A Mixed Methods Study. At Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) in New Orleans, USA.
Research interests
Research interests include: International students in higher education; Educational inequalities; Social justice; Race, gender, crime and the criminal justice system; Race and Ethnicity in higher education; Black Feminism, Race and the Mental Health system, Cultural Identity
Invited Presentations:
University of Cincinnati 2021
Course: Comparative Black Feminism
Lecture on The Social constructs of Race in England, the US and Germany with regards to Cultural Identity
Editorial positions:
Reviewer of abstracts, American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2019
Reviewer of abstracts, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), 2019
San Francisco.
Session chair/moderator, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2020
San Francisco.
Reviewer of Abstracts, PGR/ECR 'Making the Invisible Visible Conferece', (MIV), Guildford, UK 2023
Indicators of esteem
Peer-reviewed presentations:
Teegen, B. C. (September 2023). African International Doctoral Students in the UK: A Study of Acculturation. At British Educational Research Association (BERA) in Birmingham, England
Teegen, B. C. (March 2023). The Importance of Mental Health services on UK Campuses: Directions for University Staff. At international Conference of Advanced Research for Education, Teaching and Learning (ARETL) in Berlin, Germany.
Teegen, B. C. (April 2022). Black African Transnational Doctoral Students in the US. At American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Diego, USA.
Teegen, B. C. (August 2019). The need for mentoring programs for Black African graduate students at PWIs. At Association of Black Sociologists in New York, USA.
Teegen, B. C. (April 2019). Counselling services for graduate students on campus: Do they even exist? At Comparative and International Education Society in San Francisco, USA.
Teegen, B. C. (April 2019). International students at American universities: Acculturatin in African and Afro- Caribbean Doctoral Students: A Mixed Methods Study. At Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) in New Orleans, USA.
Teaching
As of 2023 and 2024, I have been appointed as a permanent Associate Lecturer in pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Lancaster University and the University of Nottingham. In this role, I am dedicated to teaching undergraduate students academic literacy skills, which are essential for their preparation for higher education studies in the UK.
Currently, I also mentor a variety of international students to support them with successfully navigating diferent realms of academia.
Publications
Additional publications
Teegen, B.C. (2024). Sub-Saharan faces in Caucasian spaces: Black African international PhD students’ experiences in the UK. Bera Blog. Available at: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/sub-saharan-faces-in-caucasian-spaces-black-african-international-phd-students-experiences-in-the-uk
Teegen, B.C. (2023). How four participants were inspired by #VitaeCon2023. https://www.vitae.ac.uk/vitae-publications/community-reflections
Teegen, B. C. (2022). Where do I belong? In L.A. Arasaratnam- Smith, D. K.Deardorff (Eds.), Developing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education (pp.28-30). Routledge. Available at:here
Teegen, B. C. & Popova, D. (August 2021). International graduate students and cultural competency in counselling services: directions for health practitioners. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1961211
Kyere, E., Karikari, I., & Teegen, B. C. (2020). The Associations among Teacher discrimination, Parent’ and Peer Emotional Supports, and African American Youth’s School Bonding. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 101(4), 469-483. https://journals-sagepub-com.surrey.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1177/1044389419892277
Wilks, S., Spurlock, W., Brown, S., Teegen, B.C., &Geiger, J. (2018). Examining spiritual support among African American and Caucasian alzheimer’s caregivers: A risk and resilience study. Geriatric Nursing, 39(6), 663-668. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29807671/