Category Archives: Research
Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine
“In this brief, animated autoethnography, I utilize the concept of a sociocultural third space to consider why evocative autoethnography can benefit from its own literary and arts journal.”
How Autoethnography Is Being Utilized to Support Learner Development
This manuscript – a duoethnography – seeks to examine the rationale for the increased use of autoethnography as a tool to promote/support language learner autonomy.
Project Coordinator & Writer, The Smithsonian
“In an on-going effort to challenge stereotyping, and correct the current nature of education concerning American Indians, the NMAI will devote the required scholarship to inform and assess these permanent visual statements.”
Disrupting the MA English Thesis: Autoethnography in Advanced Literary Studies
“We will explore why and how an MA thesis director introduces autoethnography as an alternative research discourse to MA English thesis students, and examine student responses. Pedagogical implications, teaching resources, and thesis examples will be presented in order to highlight the myriad creative possibilities for using autoethnography to both celebrate and interrogate literature, literacy, and language.”
Keynote Speaker: Professional Development Opportunities for Online Students, Tiffin University
Presentations from the 1st Annual Graduate Research Conference, Tiffin University, Ohio: Keynote, “Creating Opportunities for Student Professional Development in Online Programs”; March, 2019
Bridging Passion and Profession: Supporting Agency and Investment in Multilingual University Writers
“The authors sought to look back at the trajectory of their experiences in a second language communication and composition course in order to more deeply understand the roles of agency and investment in their own and fellow classmates’ learning.”
Book Chapter: Humanizing Pedagogy and the Personal Essay
“classroom observations showed us that there was a strong connection between not only the theory and practice of using personal essays, but also of the outcomes such practice will have on student writing, creating a more humanized classroom environment.”
Running, Being, and Beijing: An Existential Exploration of a Runner Identity Qualitative Research in Psychology
“Two main themes, the loss of control and isolation, are examined, and an existential interpretation is paired with insight from Buddhist psychology. Finally, we conclude with implications for future research in sport and migration studies as well as practical considerations for the use of autoethnography in psychological research and practice.”
Writing on the Edge: The Power of No – Buddhist Mindfulness and the Teaching of Composition
“Aware of the suffering created by fanaticism and intolerance, we are determined not to be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology. (Hanh 23)”
The Caribbean Immigrant Student: Immigration, Education, and Representation
Poster presented at South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SMLA) conference in Jacksonville, FL, 2016 See the full-sized poster here: poster-for-conference-2-1