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Caty Hsu's Job Application Experience Caty Hsu came to the U.S. in 2014 and had actively been working with her professors on research projects. She defended her doctoral dissertation proposal on August 31, 2020, and went on the academic job market with 13 publications, good student evaluations of 5 unique courses that she had taught at her Ph.D. institution, and several conference proceedings. After sending out 132 job applications, Caty had 7 first round interviews, 3 second round interviews, and 1 job offer with H-1B visa sponsorship from a public university. Caty's new school posted the job on May 1, had a Zoom interview with her on June 10, an on-campus interview with her on June 22, and offered her the job on June 25. After signing the employment contract, Caty moved to the area of her new school and settled into a new apartment. She defended her dissertation, and graduated from her doctoral program. At the new school, she participated in the new faculty orientation, and dedicated herself to the preparation of the syllabi and learning materials for her courses in Fall 2021. One and a half weeks before the Fall 2021 semester started, Caty was called to a meeting with her Dean and Chancellor. They then informed her that she would not be able to teach in Fall 2021 - at least not for the first weeks or months. The university needed time to get approved her H-1B visa. Although her signed employment contract stated that the position began on August 1, 2021, she learned that she would not be paid for August or any time before her visa was issued by the U.S. government. Caty had already attended new faculty orientation and had completed her syllabi for Fall 2021; she had been working long days preparing PowerPoints and in-class exercises for her new courses. To her surprise, the Dean and Chancellor informed her that she had no obligations or responsibilities for any activities in the university until she was hired officially. The Dean and Chancellor had already hired adjunct faculty members to teach her courses for at least the beginning of the semester - and if needed for the entire semester. They suggested that Caty could take over the courses after her H-1B visa got approved. Caty Hsu's Dilemma Caty Hsu remarked, "I spent about $200,000 for the 7-year education in the U.S. Although I feel more connected to the U.S. than my home country, I actually have become a foreigner in both countries." For tax purposes, and only for tax purposes, she was treated the same as a U.S. citizen. She deeply wished to be a professor in the U.S. and to live in the U.S. - or at least that was what she wanted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 had triggered anti-Asian racism in the U.S. From March 19, 2020 to February 28, 2021, there were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents. Women, moreover, have reported twice as many anti-Asian hate incidents as men (Yam 2021). Unfortunately, the academic campus was not a haven from such incidents: Chinese international students were killed at universities in both Chicago and Los Angeles.

In addition to the instances of hate against Asians in the U.S., Caty worried about her visa status and employment status at her new school. She had successfully defended her dissertation on July 14, 2021. However, her doctoral university would not begin posting degrees and issuing transcripts until August 16, 2021. It took about 30 days for her doctoral university to complete all degree postings. Without a transcript indicating her completed degree status, Caty's new school could not apply for her H-1B. Obviously, her visa could not be approved until her new school had submitted all the paperwork. Until her H-1B visa was approved by the U.S. government, Caty could not be officially hired; therefore, she could not teach courses in the new school. Moreover, because she had applied for graduation from her doctoral university, the international student office there had terminated her student visa (F-1) on August 15, 2021. The conversation with her Dean and Chancellor happened on August 11, 2021. If she did not get approval for her H-1B visa on time, Caty had 60 days after August 15, 2021 to wrap up her affairs and exit the U.S.

Due to all the uncertainties that COVID-19 brought, the price of a one-way flight ticket from the U.S. to her home country had increased to over $6,000. Flights, in addition, had very limited capacity. Once she arrived home, she would have to invest several thousand dollars in quarantining in a hotel in her home country for a minimum of 14 days. Without any salary, all of these expenses would create an impossible situation. On top of all that, Caty did not want to go back to her home country because it was uncertain that she would get a flight back when (if?) her visa was finally approved. Although Caty felt very stressed about what was happening, she felt welcomed by her colleagues at the new school. Several colleagues invited her for lunch or dinner after she had moved to the area. Her department held a welcome lunch for her. Caty was not sure what to do next in these weeks as a foreigner obeying U.S. laws, a professor responsible for her students, a colleague accountable to her department, a faculty member committed to her new school, and a graduate of her doctoral university. Knowing that at Caty's new school, one criterion for getting tenure was U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status, she could not help thinking, "Would everything be easier if I were American? How far away am I from being an American?"