(Re)Negotiating and (Re)Envisioning Our Feminist Journeys: A Collaborative Auto-Ethnography of Doctoral Women of Color

• In Event: 51.079 - MTCC Roundtable Session 22
  In Roundtable Session: 51.079-3 - Women of Color in Higher Education

Abstract

This study utilizes critical collaborative autoethnography to explore the development, identity, and experiences as a feminist from five doctoral women of color. Given that research on the experiences of doctoral women of color remains sparse, the purpose of this study is to fill the gap by highlighting and validating the lived experiences of doctoral women of color in the academy regarding their unique positions from a feminist perspective. Through the use of collaborative autoethnography, the researchers explore and interrogate their individual journeys as self-identified or aspiring feminists. Through personal reflections and collaborative discussions, the findings present the living reality and complexity involving history, contexts, intersection of identities, conflicts, inter-/intra-racial coalition, and activism through these women doctoral students of color.

Authors

• Ting-Han Chang, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Megan Covington

• Vanessa S. Na, University of California - San Diego

• Dajanae Palmer, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Amy Wang, University of California - San Diego