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Dr. Jiexiu Chen is an assistant professor at the School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She obtained her Ph.D. degree at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. Her research interests include social mobility (subjective experiences), educational/career aspirations, student identity, rural-urban migration, and international students/scholars’ cross-cultural adaptation. She has published a series of journal articles and a monograph on Chinese rural students’ social mobility journey and international scholars’ cross-cultural experiences in Chinese universities.