"Who Are We?" Doctoral Students' Development Over Time

• In Event: AERA Graduate Student Research in Progress Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: Interrogating the Graduate Student Experience: Identity, Family Support, Academics, and Teaching (Table 10)

Abstract

In this longitudinal collaborative autoethnography, researchers will explore their doctoral journey. Utilizing Role Identity Theory and Self-Authorship, the evolution of a doctoral students' identity will come to life through candid narrations. Narratives will be shaped through text messages and reflections based on word clouds. Analysis of the data will result in themes highlighting how identities change over time.

Author

• Ashley Elmes, Rowan University
  Presenting Author