Dissertation research processes can become tedious and never ending. It becomes too easy to fall over the cliff. Beginning with line-by-line coding and ending with themes, there are multiple paths, pitfalls and rabbit holes waiting to... more
Dissertation research processes can become tedious and never ending. It becomes too easy to fall over the cliff. Beginning with line-by-line coding and ending with themes, there are multiple paths, pitfalls and rabbit holes waiting to trip you up. It can be difficult to stay focused. This workshop will share the experiences of this author when more than 200 emergent categories were reduced into 8 salient themes. How does bias and preconceived notion play into the process? This workshop will illuminate some of the challenges of wrestling with the data to support the purest voices of the research which emerge from the data
ABSTRACT Duoethnography offers the narratives of first-generation Black women scholars who created a virtual community as a transformative safe space for peer mentorship and scholarship. Framed through a womanist epistemological lens, our... more
ABSTRACT Duoethnography offers the narratives of first-generation Black women scholars who created a virtual community as a transformative safe space for peer mentorship and scholarship. Framed through a womanist epistemological lens, our narratives provide insight about challenges and triumphs of navigating the academy from female scholars of African descent. Unique to this chronicle, the development of an Accountability Sistah Circle in 2012 became an organic transformative community for personal and professional growth. Through the components of this model, which can be implemented with others living in the margins, we uncovered our authentic voices, shared resources, expanded social capital, and developed a ritual that provided a safety shield around us and ultimately helped enhance our academic fortitude.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Publication Name: Journal of Social Work Education
