SIG-Lives of Teachers

James Noonan, Salem State University

Identity Tensions: Understanding a Previous Practitioner's Decision to Pursue and Depart the Teaching Profession - Tiffany Karalis Noel, University at Buffalo - SUNY

"It's Where My Heart Is": Exploring Fast-Track Urban Teachers' Career Decisions and Perceptions of Teaching - Naomi Blaushild, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy Human Development and Social Policy

Examining the Decline of Black Male Educators Using an Organizational Socialization Lens - Kimberly Michele Underwood, University of Phoenix

Protection, Resilience, and Survival: Activist Teachers of Color and Networks Combating Isolation and Racial Microaggressions - Lynnette K. Mawhinney, Rutgers University - Newark; Kira J. Baker-Doyle, University of Illinois at Chicago; Sonia M Rosen, University of Pennsylvania

Impact of Career Challenges and Obstacles on Educators' Lives: A Collaborative Narrative Inquiry - Peter Timothy Martindell, University of Houston - Downtown; Michaelann Kelley, Mount St. Joseph University; Gayle A. Curtis, University of Houston; Cheryl J. Craig, Texas A&M University - College Station

Mark Helmsing, George Mason University